Friday December 31, 2010
Common sense advice on URL naming and conventions.
Sunday December 5, 2010
Deconstruction of the subtle methods Google maps uses to make it's maps more readable than Bing or Yahoos.
Friday December 11, 2009
The varying styles of tab closing has always irked me slightly. This article looks at the way Chrome implements it and shows how much thought has gone in to the process.
Thursday October 15, 2009
Nice looking write up of address lookup/post code pattern for front-end design/development.
Tuesday July 14, 2009
The effect of phrasing on call to action copy. Testing various permutations of "follow me on twitter", with click through stats. Interesting the use of "here" as a hyperlink, something usually discouraged, performed best.
Tuesday March 24, 2009
I usually hate these kinds of lists, they feel like blog spam. This one is pretty good though, all the points resonate in a very common sense way.
Monday March 16, 2009
Terms and conditions page that lists a simple english version in parallel to the legalese version.
Readability is a simple tool that makes reading on the Web more enjoyable by removing the clutter around what you’re reading.