Simplicity - Joel on Software
november 2011 by fjordaan
A long time ago, I wrote: “A lot of software developers are seduced by the old ‘80/20’ rule. It seems to make a lot of sense: 80% of the people use 20% of the features. So you convince yourself that you only need to implement 20% of the features, and you can still sell 80% as many copies.
joel
spolsky
simplicity
80
20
features
don
norman
usability
november 2011 by fjordaan
Personal names around the world
september 2011 by fjordaan
How do people's names differ around the world, and what are the implications of those differences on the design of forms, databases, ontologies, etc. for the Web?
accessibility
i18n
names
usability
internationalisation
languages
september 2011 by fjordaan
URL Design — Warpspire
august 2011 by fjordaan
You should take time to design your URL structure. If there’s one thing I hope you remember after reading this article it’s to take time to design your URL structure. Don’t leave it up to your framework. Don’t leave it up to chance. Think about it and craft an experience.
url
usability
design
kyleneath
github
humans
august 2011 by fjordaan
LukeW | Mobile First
february 2011 by fjordaan
More often than not, the mobile experience for a Web application or site is designed and built after the PC version is complete. Here's three reasons why Web applications should be designed for mobile first instead.
mobile
usability
ux
lukew
mobilefirst
february 2011 by fjordaan
Providing great user experience with feedback - (37signals)
february 2011 by fjordaan
When we designed Basecamp Mobile we decided to use a variety of methods to keep people informed about the current state of the app. Different conditions can require different feedback, so we had to carefully consider multiple types of feedback. Here are some examples:
37signals
iphone
mobile
usability
responsiveness
feedback
basecamp
february 2011 by fjordaan
Stevey's Blog Rants: Settling the OS X focus-follows-mouse debate
july 2010 by fjordaan
Ever since the Dawn of Time (Jan 1, 1970), people have been bitching about the lack of focus-follows-mouse on Mac computers. They started complaining about it fourteen years before the first Mac was even released, that's how bad it was.
steveyegge
mac
osx
usability
focus
ffm
mouse
click-through
clickthrough
july 2010 by fjordaan
What Apple needs to do now « Adam Greenfield’s Speedbird
june 2010 by fjordaan
I’m talking about the persistent skeuomorphic design cues that spoor applications like Calendar, Compass, iBooks and the truly awful Notes. The iPhone and iPad, as I argued on the launch of the original in 2007, are history’s first full-fledged everyware devices — post-PC interface devices of enormous power and grace — and here somebody in Apple’s UX shop has saddled them with the most awful and mawkish and flat-out tacky visual cues. You can credibly accuse Cupertino of any number of sins over the course of the last thirty years, but tackiness has not ordinarily numbered among them.
adamgreenfield
apple
usability
skeuomorphic
hig
realism
trompeloeil
francois
comment
interface
june 2010 by fjordaan
iPad Usability: First Findings From User Testing (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
may 2010 by fjordaan
Jakob Nielsen does the #iPad. Good critique. (Only 7 participants?) Available as a free 93-page download. /via @azaaza
iPad
apple
interface
usability
nngroup
jakobnielsen
nielsen
inconsistency
from twitter
may 2010 by fjordaan
The Seduction of Simple: Hidden Complexity « Aza on Design
may 2010 by fjordaan
Simple often isn’t. Spacious interfaces with few controls, artfully placed, may look comforting and inviting (and they often are), but they can also front for a mafia underground of hidden interaction complexity.
simple
complexity
garage
door
usability
azaraskin
francois
comment
may 2010 by fjordaan
Coding Horror: Double-Click Must Die
april 2010 by fjordaan
I don't blame the user here. Double-click has always been a bad idea. It was basically forced on the industry by Apple Computer when they elected to use a single button mouse on the original Mac in 1984. Technically, double-click is an optional shortcut for clicking an object and then clicking the File, Open menu; it's how you distinguish between selection (pick this one) and action (launch this one). I have some problems with double-click:
usability
codinghorror
jeffatwood
mouse
doubleclick
double-click
buttons
apple
raskin
april 2010 by fjordaan
File Sharing with an iPad: Ugh! | Ted Landau's User Friendly View | The Mac Observer
april 2010 by fjordaan
Unfortunately, file sharing via iWork apps on the iPad is a major kludge. The feature works, but not with the sort of user interface that we have come to expect from Apple.
apple
ipad
import
iwork
sync
kludge
bad
docs
usability
april 2010 by fjordaan
Flow Interactive :: The Think blog. » Thoughts on the ergonomics of Apple’s iPad
march 2010 by fjordaan
I’ve had a niggle since I first saw it in action and read about it, which I haven’t seen anyone else pick up on yet (SURELY someone will). That is how inherently awkward double handed interactions with large portable interfaces (or tablet PCs) are.
ipad
usability
ergonomics
flow
karlsabino
francois
comment
march 2010 by fjordaan
Some People Can’t Read URLs « Not The User’s Fault
march 2010 by fjordaan
People using the Web without understanding URLs are quite literally putting themselves in danger, just as if they went out driving on the road without understanding how to read road signs.
facebook
security
url
usability
mozilla
jono
urls
user
tutorial
danger
march 2010 by fjordaan
A List Apart: Articles: Inline Validation in Web Forms
february 2010 by fjordaan
When compared to our control version, the inline validation form showed compelling improvements:
* a 22% increase in success rates,
* a 22% decrease in errors made,
* a 31% increase in satisfaction rating,
* a 42% decrease in completion times, and
* a 47% decrease in the number of eye fixations.
forms
javascript
usability
validation
luke
wroblewski
alistapart
inline
dynamic
* a 22% increase in success rates,
* a 22% decrease in errors made,
* a 31% increase in satisfaction rating,
* a 42% decrease in completion times, and
* a 47% decrease in the number of eye fixations.
february 2010 by fjordaan
iPad UI Conventions - a set on Flickr
february 2010 by fjordaan
Notes on iPad UI conventions culled from public sources (mostly Apple promotional videos).
iPad
UI
Conventions
pattern
interface
guidelines
usability
flickr
apple
gui
design
february 2010 by fjordaan
We are Colorblind » Patterns for the Color Blind
september 2009 by fjordaan
The patterns and examples on this site help you create websites the color blind can use without problems.
color
usability
accessibility
design
patterns
testing
colour
blind
september 2009 by fjordaan
Searching Help: Don’t Even Go There :: UXmatters
april 2009 by fjordaan
Web site user assistance that consistently exceeds customer’s expectations can catapult your company to legendary status and create brand equity you can measure in billions of dollars. However, making Help a strategic asset for your company is an arduous task. To shed light on this important topic, I have teamed up with Tricia Clement, a renowned cognitive psychologist and Web site user assistance expert. In this month’s Search Matters column, we’ll deliver actionable insights about Web site user assistance.
netvouzimported
netvouzpublic
assistance
bestpractice
help
online
usability
user
uxmatters
april 2009 by fjordaan
Users Fix Parking Ticket Machine Interface Themselves - uselog.com | the product usability weblog
march 2009 by fjordaan
And once again it's a parking ticket machine that drives users nuts (see another one here). And this time to the extent that they've taken their fate into their own hands and added some 'customized' labels to the device. I think we can add parking ticket machines to the category of 'things that always suck', that also includes office telephones and presentation equipment in meeting rooms. I do hope that the designers saw the 'modification' that users made, because it shows them that really anyone can make a better design than they did...
netvouzimported
netvouzpublic
bad
designnotfound
guerilla
interface
machine
parking
ticket
usability
march 2009 by fjordaan
Hidden Secrets of the Amazon Shopping Cart | FutureNow's GrokDotCom / Marketing Optimization Blog
january 2009 by fjordaan
I’ve been snagging images of Amazon’s Ready-to-Buy area (on their product pages) for many years. Let’s look at the evolution of this critical first stage of the checkout process to see what you can learn from it.
netvouzimported
netvouzpublic
amazon
button
buy
cart
design
ecom
shopping
usability
january 2009 by fjordaan
UsabilityRants.org
january 2009 by fjordaan
This is my venting about software. It's not constructive. It doesn't have grand insights into proper usability. It's just notes of things that annoy me, and, sometimes, positive comments. Many of the posts are opinionated, emotional, and poorly edited. It's a blog, not a thesis.
netvouzimported
netvouzpublic
blog
designnotfound
rants
usability
january 2009 by fjordaan
Feedback Army - Home [Website Feedback Service]
november 2008 by fjordaan
Start a usability test for your web project in two minutes. Submit questions about your site and receive up to ten responses from our reviewers. The cost is $7.
netvouzimported
netvouzpublic
army
feedback
mturk
testing
usability
november 2008 by fjordaan
Usability Research on Federated Login (Google OAuth & Federated Login Research)
september 2008 by fjordaan
Federated Login has been a "holy grail" in the identity community for a long time. We have known how to do the technical part for a long time. However the industry has constantly tried, and failed, to find a model that was (1) simple for end users, and (2) had a reasonable trust model between the RP (the relying party, which is the site you want to log into) and the IDP (the identity provider, who will identify you to the RP). Google has been experimenting with different user interface models for federated login using the following design principles:
netvouzimported
netvouzpublic
eric
federated
google
login
model
multiple
passport
sachs
sites
trust
usability
september 2008 by fjordaan
How NOT to do it on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
november 2007 by fjordaan
On empiredirect.co.uk. The inconsistent and misleading small print is reminiscent of the worst kind of mail order scams.
netvouzimported
netvouzpublic
bad
designnotfound
francois
opt-in
opt-out
screenshot
usability
november 2007 by fjordaan
Ross Burton
september 2007 by fjordaan
Last week I had to use Vicky's laptop briefly, which sadly runs Windows XP. I was greated with this monstrosity:
netvouzimported
netvouzpublic
icon
madness
system
tray
usability
windows
xp
september 2007 by fjordaan
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