Usability News
Worldy Inspiration from Tourism WebsitesJul 30, 2010 - The tourism industry can be a major source of revenue for a country and in some cases, it can even be its main source or revenue.That8217s one of the main reasons why web design for this field plays such a vital role in promoting and attracting potential tourists from other parts of the [...]
Job Amazing Digital Media InternJul 28, 2010 - We8217re looking for an amazing Digital Media Intern for a paid, 3month internship.Fast Forward Three Months8230We8217d like to thank you for doing a fantastic job as our Digital Media Intern. You8217ve doubled the number of podcasts we8217ve been publishing, making them sound [...]
Passwords that are Simple and SafeJul 28, 2010 - By Simson GarfinkelResearchers at Microsoft have come up with a way to create easytoremember passwords without making a system more vulnerable to hackers.Instead of enforcing complex passwords, as many organizations do, the new scheme makes sure than no more than a few users can have the [...]
Overcoming the Obstacles of Usability TestingJul 27, 2010 - Usability testing, though incredibly useful, is not without its own hitches. Author and selfdescribed usability geek Jacob Creech walks through the most common issues and how to avoid them.
UIEtips Three Important Benefits of PersonasJul 26, 2010 - As part of our research to understand what techniques truly help teams produce better designs, we8217re still constantly surprised by the number of teams successfully using personas. With personas, teams report thatthey are producing more usable designs that better match the needs of their [...]
iPhone 4 one month on A user experience and functionality [...]Jul 25, 2010 - A month on from launch, there 39s been a lot reported about alleged antenna problems with the iPhone 4, but on the whole I feel the device is the successful evolutionary step customers were hoping for. I39ve been using the new iPhone 4 for one month and it has are two great advancements. [...]
Darwin City Council Website Australias Most UsableJul 23, 2010 - Council websites have become an integral source of information for people living in cities. They provide information on everything from pet registration to garbage collection dates and noise restrictions. Using Loop11, we invited 600 participants to take part in a website usability study of of [...]
UX Around the CampfireJul 23, 2010 - We all use stories to communicate, explore, persuade, and inspire. In user experience, stories help us better understand our users, learn about their goals, explain our research, and demonstrate our design ideas. Basing stories on fact data or knowledge embedded in your organization, or even new [...]
UIEtips Actually, You Might Be Your UserJul 22, 2010 - One of the common traps I see UX professionals fall into is believing there8217s a right way and a wrong way to design things. We get too dogmatic, convincing ourselves there is a single 8216best practice8217 that will yield the best results. Many of us are not open to the idea that [...]
20 Demos Showing Advanced jQuery EffectsJul 22, 2010 - Just a short while ago, Flash was one of the primary technologies used by web designers to add interactivity to a website.Since the introduction of the iPad, with its lack of the Flash Player, there8217s an acceleration in the web development world to use alternative technologies to Flash, such [...]