Usability

An archive of all the entries categorized Usability. This category has an rss feed which you can subscribe. Currently, Usability has 8 entries, the most recent of which is displayed below with the rest displayed in reverse chronological order.


Recent entries

World Usability Day Posters - World Usability Day may have come and gone but the posters will last as a visual statement of what life might be like without it (it being usability). The examples are.... 30th Nov. 2006

Businessweek ad placement - Great ad placement Businessweek! Thankfully I can still see the printer friendly page, which is mislabeled. It should be labeled reader friendly. I can understand the need to display ads -.... 30th Nov. 2006

The Mother of All Footers - For ages we have ignored the bottom or footer section of our screen designs. We bought into and never lost the notion that the only part of the screen that had.... 16th Nov. 2006

Luke Wroblewski on Refining Data Tables - Luke Wroblewski writing for UX Matters: After forms, data tables are likely the next most ubiquitous interface element designers create when constructing Web applications. Users often need to add, edit, delete, search.... 31st Aug. 2006

Usability: it ain't easy - "With more advanced services rolling out across the planet, ease-of-use is becoming crucial to their success, but today's user interfaces aren't quite cutting it. Solving that will be a complex task, but.... 9th May. 2006

Jarretts's Rules of Buttons - Caroline Jarrett's 2 rules for labeling buttons (found via elearning post): Label the button with what it doesIf the user doesn't want to do it, don't have a button for it "The.... 6th Feb. 2006