16 posts tagged with usability
coda.coza updates
If you mouse over the “coda.coza” text at the very top of this site, you’ll see some introductory text and a crap profile photo. Shouldn’t be any compatibility issues with modern browsers, but if it does happen to play around in your particular setup I would like to know.
UPDATE: If it gives problems, try emptying your cache and … view full post
www.thephatjoeshow.tv
Phat Joe, that guy on tv with the big lips, has a new website: www.thephatjoeshow.tv, and naturally I would have something to say about it.
The first thing I noticed were the ‘Font size‘ and ‘Tool Box‘ widgets featured prominently in the right-hand column. Clicking on either of the ‘A‘ graphics alongside the ‘Font size‘ item … view full post
Don’t use “click here” for links
If you’re a web developer/designer/copywriter or have any involvement in web sites, continue reading. If your name is Tam, press Alt+F4. ;)
Scattering “click here” throughout your pages breaks the flow of the text, and makes pages harder to read. Reading text on computers is already more difficult than reading print; integrating links with the flow of text increases readability.
Therefore, create
An introduction to web accessibility
Introduction to web accessibility by Steve Vosloo, of independent user experience consultancy Usability Junction.
Zeldman on Standards
To hope all designers and clients will one day stop striving for tightly controlled layouts is to miss the chance to persuade those who live and die by the pixel that standards are good for them, too.
- Jeffrey Zeldman on Pixelism, k10k, Mozilla, and generally everything in this industry that is keeping me … view full post
Jakob Nielsen interviewed
Brett Archibald speaks to the king of usability, Jakob Nielsen, over at pixelsurgeon.
Pixelsurgeon:
How can designers create attractive interesting sites, and still expect everyone to see them the way they intend them to be seen if different browsers, after all this time, and talk of standardisation, STILL render HTML pages differently?
Jakob:
You cannot. All you can