usability

Usability in the News

Posted on: Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 in: BWI, Usability & Design

There is a new section on the BWI home page, Usability in the News

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Usability Testing Reveals Scrolling Content OK

Posted on: Monday, April 19th, 2010 in: Usability & Design

Doing some testing on a news feed that automatically scrolls, results point to…let it scroll

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Giant Image Syndrome

Posted on: Thursday, February 25th, 2010 in: Code, Graphic Design, Usability & Design

How giant images within your website can completely mess up your layout.

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Test Document Readability

Posted on: Friday, February 12th, 2010 in: Sites Reviewed, Software, Usability & Design

Review of the Document Readability Test created by Online-Utility.org.

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One Space or Two

Posted on: Monday, January 25th, 2010 in: Usability & Design

Why you should use a single space after a period when writing online.

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Leading Your Visitors to Failure

Posted on: Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 in: Usability & Design

Have you ever watched a visitor try one of your forms for the first time? It can be an enlightening experience! Example.

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Setting Performance Goals

Posted on: Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 in: Usability & Design

How setting performance goals for your websites primary goals can help improve your site for visitors.

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Double Check the Details

Posted on: Thursday, January 14th, 2010 in: Sites Reviewed, Usability & Design

Make sure to double check all important titles and content details on your site. Included is an example of Yahoo forgetting to.

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Use Screenshots within Articles to Improve Comprehension

Posted on: Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 in: Usability & Design

Using screenshots within my articles, user action to read it is reduced, comprehension improved, and visitors stay on my site longer.

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Free Heading Tags

Posted on: Monday, January 11th, 2010 in: Code, Usability & Design

The value of heading tags, examples, and a brief how to.

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One Week Left to Save 30%!

Posted on: Friday, December 11th, 2009 in: BWI, Usability & Design

A little reminder post about the special I am having on the web analysis, and a little bonus for those that order soon.

Minimizing Round Trip Times – RTT

Posted on: Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 in: Code, Server Side, Usability & Design

A brief tutorial on how to speed up your website by minimizing round trip times, RTT. Control your redirects, and pack your script.

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Web Usability and Design Analysis – Save 30%

Posted on: Friday, December 4th, 2009 in: BWI, Sites Reviewed, Usability & Design

For the next two weeks, now until Dec. 18th, 2009, I will be running a promotion on my Web Usability and Design Analysis. Now on sale for just $19.95.

Get Free Usability and Design Tips by Not Subscribing

Posted on: Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 in: BWI, Usability & Design

How to get more RSS followers by not using the term subscribe, and by additionally creating a follower page.

Use Easy to Remember Functions for Great Website Usability

Posted on: Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 in: Usability & Design

Using Facebook as an example see how a site can confuse a visitor, making it hard to remember how to repeat the function later on.