16 things tagged “usability”

• Thursday June 9, 2011

  New Kindle's Secret | FutureBook

  • ux
  • usability
  • kindle
  • ebook
  • design

• Friday December 31, 2010

  URL Design — Warpspire

  Common sense advice on URL naming and conventions.
  • design
  • usability
  • urls

• Sunday December 5, 2010

  Google Maps & Label Readability

  Deconstruction of the subtle methods Google maps uses to make it's maps more readable than Bing or Yahoos.
  • maps
  • usability
  • readability

• Friday December 11, 2009

  Google Chrome tab behaviour

  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.
  • browser
  • usability
  • chrome
  • tabs
  • interface
  • interesting

• Thursday October 15, 2009

  The postcode lookup pattern

  Nice looking write up of address lookup/post code pattern for front-end design/development.
  • readinglist:toread
  • design
  • usability
  • postcode
  • forms
  • html
  • designpattern

• Monday July 20, 2009

  Tumblr error message

  David Singleton posted a photo:

  

  Considering how slick the rest of the Tumblr interface is this error feedback is awful.
  
  Not only that, but you only get told what the limitations for the field are once once you submit. You don't get an example or expectation set.
  
  Oh, and it reloads the whole page.

  • design
  • error
  • interface
  • usability
  • ux
  • fail
  • tumblr

• Tuesday July 14, 2009

  You should follow me on Twitter | Dustin Curtis

  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.
  • twitter
  • webdesign
  • usability

• Monday July 6, 2009

  Flickr link sharing

  David Singleton posted a photo:

  

  Flickr offers rev=canonical links in the source for machine detection, but they're not exposed in the interface for users.
  
  That's the perfect place to add one. Just another label/input box "Using this on twitter? [flic.kr link]

  • flickr
  • usability
  • revcanonical

• Tuesday March 24, 2009

  50 swinish ways to annoy web users

  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.
  • design
  • internet
  • usability
  • webdesign
  • list

• Monday March 16, 2009

  Aviary - Terms

  Terms and conditions page that lists a simple english version in parallel to the legalese version.
  • usability
  • terms
  • termsofservice
  • design
  • legal

• Monday March 9, 2009

  Label Placement in Forms

  • usability
  • forms
  • design
  • readinglist:read
  • readinglist:rating=4

• Readability - An Arc90 Lab Experiment

  Readability is a simple tool that makes reading on the Web more enjoyable by removing the clutter around what you’re reading.
  • design
  • readability
  • bookmarklets
  • bookmarklet
  • usability

• Saturday January 3, 2009

  BT account creation form

  David Singleton posted a photo:

  

  Painful, on so many levels.

  • design
  • usability
  • forms
  • bt

• Saturday July 12, 2008

  Email subscription processes

  • usability
  • spam
  • patterns

• Friday May 2, 2008

  LukeW: Primary & Secondary Actions in Web Forms

  • readinglist:read
  • forms
  • usability

• Wednesday April 16, 2008

  Heuristics for Modern Web Application Development

  • accessibility
  • testing
  • usability
  • heuristics
  • readinglist:read