Category: Usability

10 Free Online Books for Web Designers

Posted on 08/02/10 View Comments

Check out this post from Web Design Ledger… These books look like they could be helpful for those in the midst of a web site build or redesign!. Let me know what you think! 10 Free Online Books for Web Designers: “10 Free Online Books for Web Designers” (Via Web Design Ledger.)

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Usability 101, Part 3

Posted on 06/17/10 View Comments

Inside Your User’s Mind: The Cultural Probe – Ruth Stalker-Firth For A List Apart Theoretically, usability testing is a great way of finding out what is wrong with the products and services we design. We sit the users down in the lab and ask them to perform certain tasks, to “tell us what you think—give voice to your [...]

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Usability 101, Part 2

Posted on 06/15/10 View Comments

Usability Testing – Don’t Make Me Think, Steve Krug Definition: one user at a time is shown something and asked to either figure out what it is or try to use it to do a task Tips For Usability Testing General Information Great sites require testing The point of testing is not to prove or [...]

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Usability 101, Part 1

Posted on 06/10/10 View Comments

What Users Do On The Web Web Facts Of Life: Discerning The Users Mind We don’t read pages we scan them We don’t make optimal choices “Satisficing” – our choices we make are sufficient and satisfying We don’t figure things out, we muddle through Used with permission, taken from Don’t Make Me Think: A Common [...]

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