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Why the ‘Ok’ Button is No Longer Okay (via @luxuryluke)
Instead of giving users the Ok button to confirm the action they want to do, it’s more efficient and effective to give users a button that’s labeled with the specific action.
ux  design  interfaces  usability 
august 2011 by aarongustafson
The Renaissance of the Interactive Book
Excellent piece on the interactive book experience.
interactive  books  ipad  usability  mobile 
december 2010 by aarongustafson
A List Apart: Issue 294
Learn what usability testing is and isn't good for; discover the five warning signs of a bad client relationship (and what to do about them).
greg-hoy  robert-hoekman-jr  usability  clients  a-list-apart 
october 2009 by aarongustafson
A List Apart: Issue 293
Retrieve user-generated content and embrace user feedback to enhance your designs—just like magic.
glenn-jones  dana-chisnell  a-list-apart  apis  usability 
october 2009 by aarongustafson
Donation Usability: Increasing Online Giving to Non-Profits and Charities (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
User research finds significant deficiencies in non-profit organizations' website content, which often fails to provide the info people need to make donation decisions.
"web  usability  fundraising  donations  nielsen 
april 2009 by aarongustafson
Accessible Forms using WCAG 2.0
I'm glad to see the takeaways from my forms workshops are still valid under WCAG 2.0.
Bookmarks  forms  accessibility  WCAG_2.0  usability  html  tutorial 
november 2008 by aarongustafson
A List Apart: Issue 258
What does it take to build an online community like Flickr’s? And how can we tell if interface design conventions we take for granted actually help or hurt users?
Bookmarks  a-list-apart  tables  usability  community 
may 2008 by aarongustafson
Bumptop Prototype
BumpTop aims to enrich the desktop metaphor with expressive, lightweight techniques found in the real world. Hat tip: Craig.
Bookmarks  bumptop  interaction  physics  desktop  interface  gui  video  usability  youtube  navigation 
june 2007 by aarongustafson
Endless Pageless: No Pagination
Using Ajax to append more results to a search results page. More brilliant thinking from Pete and the rest of the Unspace team.
Bookmarks  ajax  javascript  search  pagination  usability  webdesign  rails  ui 
november 2006 by aarongustafson
Form Labels: Right or Left?
I never considered eye movement formulae when laying out a form before.
Bookmarks  forms  labels  ui  usability  design  webdesign  web  css 
october 2006 by aarongustafson
A List Apart: Issue 213
Nick makes a case for getting out of the way and I get you going on Ajax.
Bookmarks  usability  ajax  dom_scripting  design  webdesign  html  standards 
march 2006 by aarongustafson

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