using the right technology at the right time
Don Norman makes a great observation about the mindset of most of today’s technology professionals at the end of Chapter 7 in The Invisible Computer. Most technology professionals still look at technology solutions from a machine-centered point of view. Norman suggests a solution by pointing out a different point of view where the human wins. [...]
I’ve always loved the idea of MVC frameworks. But I don’t like the super long query strings these frameworks usually add to your URLs. I’m starting to find some appeal in what ColdFusion on Wheels does to meet the need of having better URLs, yet providing the benefits of a MVC framework for coding structure. [...]
Book Review: Designing Web Usability I’ve finally finshed reading another staple piece of literature in our field of web design. Although slightly outdated, Jakob Nielsen’s Designing Web Usability is a must read. Seriously, go get it. It’s your responsibility as a web designer to know this information.
Your user’s leaving your site is not a reason to use target=”_blank” in your anchor tags. Your user’s switching to a different server or application on your company’s web site is not a reason either. Give it up. Find a new attribute to use in your <a> tags. Maybe the title attribute? Hmm? Technorati Tags: [...]
Carolyn Snyder presented about usability testing based on her experience as a usability specialist. The information was basic (meant to be an introduction), but I still learned a couple things.
I’m in the middle of the day here at SEOMUG’s Spring <br /> conference in Athens, Ohio. Some key people from Adobe are here presenting about some cool stuff. The next few entries will be my notes from the presentations I’ve been attending.
Jakob Nielson reminds us of why link texts that say “click here” or “more” are horrible usability mistakes in his latest alertbox column.
ICE is back! ICE = Improving Customer Experience. Are you pissing off your customers? After a small hiatus, Eric Myers brings back his terrific blog that challenges you to think about the answer to this question. Myers is huge into usability (I may not have known anything about it today if it wasn’t for him), [...]
I saw this article a long time ago and forgot to post a link to it: The Biggest Web Design Mistakes of 2004 A nice summary of bonehead mistakes that people still like to make when designing web sites.
It frustrates me to no end when someone mentions usability but clearly demonstrates that he or she doesn’t know what usability is all about.
About MeI'm Chris Peters, and I'm a lover of web design and development. I'm based in Columbus, Ohio. Follow me as I have successes and struggles in this fast-moving technology environment.
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