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Tag Archives: usability
Don’t let distance get in the way of your user research
[Reading time: 2 - 3 minutes] There’s an advertising campaign at the moment for Blackberry, the smartphone company, using the tag line “Closeness has nothing to do with distance.” These days we can all carry our loved ones around in … Continue reading
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Tagged closeness, design research, distance, intranet, remote usability testing, usability, User experience
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Social networking on intranets – have a problem to solve, and expect it to take time, says Jakob Nielsen
[Reading time: 2 - 3 minutes] Here are the findings from usability “guru” Jakob Nielsen’s report on Social Networking on Intranets… Underground efforts yield big results. Companies are turning a blind eye to underground social software efforts until they … Continue reading
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Tagged enterprise 2.0, intranet, Jakob Nielsen, research, usability, User experience
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Quick user research tip: Open All in Tabs
[Reading time: 1 - 2 minutes] We’ve been running some design research sessions which involve several scenarios, each of which uses a slightly different design version for a website. Each scenario has its own starting page, each of which we … Continue reading
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Tagged Design, testing, tips, usability, user research, web design
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Bonus-centred design
[Reading time: 2 - 2 minutes] We’ve all seen it. The dreaded “Skip Intro”. The picture of the boss on the homepage obscuring any useful content or functionality. I was just discussing this with a friend and came up with … Continue reading
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Tagged bad design, bcd, bonus-centred design, Flash, pointless, silly, skip intro, ucd, usability, User experience, ux, web design
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Britain’s online newspapers accessibility scores – should do better
[Reading time: 2 - 3 minutes] Today Martin Belam publishes the scores from his excellent series of articles looking at the accessibility of the UK’s main national newspaper websites. The Times came out on top, even though it makes no … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, currybetdotnet, DDA, internet, Martin Belam, methodology, newspaper websites, readability, results, testing, uk newspapers, usability, web design
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