Tag: usability
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According to Slate, you won’t finish reading this.
Slate posted an article (which I didn’t finish reading) about how few people finish reading an article online before “bouncing” (leaving without reading anything) or heading off to comment before they are finished. They are making three assumptions I’d like to call out: * They assume their articles are worth finishing * They assume that…
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Interesting Web Citings for March 25th
Sites and articles that I found very interesting today… Web Standards for E-booksA few weeks old, but I missed it the first time around. Good things to keep in mind when markup up a book for ePub or other e-book formats
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Interesting Web Citings for March 24th
Sites and articles that I found very interesting today… HTML5 & CSS3 ChecklistHandy little compatibility chart. iPad User Experience Guidelines | UX MagazineMy favorite: "Rethink Your Lists" – Consider a more real-world vision of your application. For example, on iPhone, Contacts is a streamlined list, but on iPad, Contacts is an address book with a…
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Evaluating 40 Typefaces
The October 2009 Usability News Newsletter has a great article highlighting a recent typography study on Web font faces. Know Your Typefaces! Semantic Differential Presentation of 40 Onscreen Typefaces > This article presents results from a study investigating the personality of typefaces. Participants were asked to rate 40 typefaces (from serif, sans serif, display, and…
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SXSW 2008 Panel – A/B Testing: Design Friend or Foe?
A/B Testing: Design Friend or Foe? – Corey Chandler Lead Interaction Designer, eBay Inc – Jake Cressman Producer, Electronic Arts – Chris Maliwat Sr Dir of Prod Mgmt, Vuze Inc – Micah Alpern Design Dir Social Search, Yahoo! Inc – Elliot Shmukler Principal Prod Mgr, LinkedIn Very valuable panel on testing design changes to determine…