“Usability” Archive
Intentionally Bad Door Usability: Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin
Yet another usability issue.
3 x Web 2.0: What You Should Know About the Current Web
“Web 2.0”, that’s the buzzword of the technology-related part of the fresh millennium. Here are three of the most important contributions and ideas around it, in case you didn’t know. Tim O’Reilly: What is Web 2.0? The O’Reilly Media founder coined the term “Web 2.0” in 2005 and …
QA: On Errors, and Why Paying for Errors Pays Off
A pseudo-scientific approach that is intended to improve websites and webservices, and which is applicable almost anywhere: Problems With Errors. They worsen any user experience. Simple. When a product stops working from time to time, when you notice an author not being able to …
1 + 1 = 3: Explaining Busyness and Background Noise on Websites
“1 + 1 = 3 (or more)” is an important design phenomenon described by Josef Albers and Edward Tufte, among others. It basically says that two elements in close proximity cause a visible interaction: Figure: Copyright Al Globus. This interaction can result in perceiving information that is not there, …
FormCamp Munich, Protocol
More information on the FormCamp crew and its work.
Internet Explorer 7 Is Unusable: On Unwise Button Orders and Hidden Menus
The entire “web standards in Internet Explorer 7” discussion is definitely important, but one other crucial thing is still absolutely under-represented: The bad usability and non-existent ease of use that IE 7 inherits. Why? Basically, because it breaks browser usability conventions: The button order differs …
FormCamp Munich
Striving for beautiful forms.
Web Design: 15 Important Research Findings You Should Know
Small selection of web design, usability, and accessibility related results of research, most of them derived from Human Factors International. Fortunately, some of them are relatively popular, while others will surely enrich professional self-conception …
Camouflaged Restroom Door in Munich
This is quite a special case for bad door usability: Camouflaged restroom door. Knowing how to open it is almost a “luxury problem”, at first you need to figure out if that really is a door. I took that photo a few months ago in a restaurant in Lehel …
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