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2004 September 12 • design, resourcesExceptional Eyetracking and Analysis
study: The Poynter Institute, a school for journalists, has just released the results of a comprehensive and fabulously documented eye tracking study. They analyzed their data internally, with external analysis and they've made a self-contained site with all the goodies which you can also download in it's entirety in PDF. [credit: Nates Notes]
2004 September 5 • design, usabilityWhen Search Engines Become Answer Engines
article: According to Jakob Nielsen, the Internet user experience is becoming one of dipping a toe into websites rather than truly visiting them to explore and use them in depth. Users view the Internet as an integrated whole, and use search engines to hunt for specific answers. [credit: GUUUI]
2004 September 5 • design, resources2 Create Web Site
website: A valuable resource site for those creating their first web site. [credit: UI Designer]
2004 September 3 • design, usabilityDesigner and user partnership
article: Forging a partnership between designer and user, this article argues that both designers and users need to adapt to the flexibility of the web. [credit: 456 Berea Street]
2004 September 3 • business, design, usabilityHoliday E-Commerce Ideas
article: 'Tis The Season: Holiday E-Commerce Ideas is a new (free!) site from 37signals. In these pages you'll find dozens of ideas for improving the holiday customer experience at your website. Each idea is accompanied by examples taken from top retail sites.
2004 September 3 • ccs, code, designTaking Your Website to the Small Screen
article: Presents a set of general suggestions for creating a handheld-friendly style sheet that works well even on handheld screens no wider than 120px. [credit: A List Apart]
2004 September 3 • design, usabilityThe Ideologies of Web Design
article: This new article by Jakob Nielsen covers some terrific points about what works and what doesn't work with website design. [credit: Brainstorms and Raves]
2004 August 21 • design, usabilityNINE Effective Tips For Improving Your Website's Usability
article: "Web usability is perhaps the most important factor in any web design. This is the driving factor that keeps your visitors coming back to your website. Here are a few points you need to consider to increase your website's usability." [credit: WebWord Usability Weblog]
2004 August 21 • design, iaContent - what to say
article: The purpose of design is to facilitate communication. Choosing what to communicate is the first step. It's content that makes a site work, flow and communicate well with the right tone. That makes it the web designer's problem, because effective communication is our problem. [credit: Web Design from Scratch]
2004 August 19 • ccs, designFitts' Law
article: Make use of a larger target area for site navigation. Fitts' Law states "The time to acquire a target is a function of the distance to and size of the target." [credit: Digital Web Magazine]
2004 August 18 • design, usabilityOptimal Line Length
article: An excellent summary of the ideal line length for web pages. [credit: Digital Web Magazine]
2004 August 11 • code, designPunctuation DetailsPunctuation Details
article: Some good typography tips to help improve the professional look of your content and website.
2004 August 8 • design, toolsFor the Color-Palette-Impaired
tools: Three links to three online tools that will help you to come up with a colors that work together.
2004 August 8 • design, iaAdaptive Menu Design
article: 80% of usability is Navigation. That's what the gurus tell us. If you get the navigation right it seems almost guaranteed that users will be able to find what they are looking for on your application or site. But getting the navigation right is not that easy. Several layers of design factor into effective menu systems. [credit: Usability Views]
2004 August 8 • design, resourcesUsers' expectations on the location of common page elements
study: SURL has examined where users from four geographical areas worldwide expect common web page elements on e-commerce sites to be located. [credit: GUUUI]
2004 August 8 • design, usabilityReading Online Text
study: Reading Online Text: A Comparison of Four White Space Layouts is a study of how margins and leading affect online reading performance. [credit: 456 Berea Street]
2004 August 6 • business, design12 Design Decisions
article: 12 Website Design Decisions Your Business or Organization Will Need to Make Correctly (or you'll have to do it all over within a year).
2004 August 6 • design, processHow To Be Creative
list: Here are some tips to be more creative, in art, in business, whatever. [credit: Jeffrey Veen]
2004 August 5 • designAdapting print design skills for the Web
article: Things to consider for print designers moving to the web. [credit: 456 Berea Street]
2004 August 5 • design, processPlanning for redesign
article: Establishing the context. Ordinarily, a Web site redesign demands an intensive process of discovery, including stakeholder interviews, heuristic audits and user-needs analyses. But what if you don't have the time or budget to conduct these properly? Knowing the right questions to ask can make all the difference.