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Browse vs. Search: Which Deserves to Go?

2011-12-03 in General by face | No comments

Case in point: At some point in the past, perhaps the distant past, Apple added the capability to jump from letter group to letter group by holding down on the letter column, rather than just stabbing at your letter of choice and usually missing. After four years of using iDevices, during the course of writing this column, I accidentally held down for a second on an alpha character, causing the slide bar to appear.

via Browse vs. Search: Which Deserves to Go?.

Interface geeks (and non-geeks) should spend some time with Ask Tog.

The PC is dead. Why no angry nerds?

2011-11-30 in Forward Directions by face | No comments

The PC is dead. Rising numbers of mobile, lightweight, cloud-centric devices don’t merely represent a change in form factor. Rather, we’re seeing an unprecedented shift of power from end users and software developers on the one hand, to operating system vendors on the other—and even those who keep their PCs are being swept along. This is a little for the better, and much for the worse.

via The PC is dead. Why no angry nerds? :: The Future of the Internet — And How to Stop It.

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Responsive Web Design

2011-11-18 in Uncategorized by face | No comments

Working on the web, however, is a wholly different matter. Our work is defined by its transience, often refined or replaced within a year or two. Inconsistent window widths, screen resolutions, user preferences, and our users’ installed fonts are but a few of the intangibles we negotiate when we publish our work, and over the years, we’ve become incredibly adept at doing so.

via A List Apart: Articles: Responsive Web Design.

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Steve Jobs – 1955-2011

2011-10-05 in General by face | No comments

The Dauten Hierarchy of Organizational Culture

2011-08-05 in Practice by face | No comments

I wonder, Do you recognize your organization somewhere on the pyramid?

via The Corporate Curmudgeon: THE DAUTEN HIERARCHY OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE.

MySQL RIGHT OUTER JOIN Tutorial & Examples » MySQL Join Tutorials

2011-08-03 in Practice by face | No comments

MySQL RIGHT OUTER JOIN Tutorial & Examples » MySQL Join Tutorials.

Why Your Form Checkboxes Should Always Use Label Tags

2011-06-16 in Practice by face | No comments

All check boxes have labels, but not all check boxes use label tags to dis play their labels. This can cre ate click ing prob lems for users. Check boxes are small and hard to tar get. With out the label tags, users can’t click the check box labels to tick the check box. Instead, they’re forced to tar get and click the small check box itself, which can cause user frus tra tion, espe cially for motor-impaired users.

via Why Your Form Checkboxes Should Always Use Label Tags – UX Movement.

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iPad Usability: Year One

2011-05-23 in Practice by face | No comments

Obviously, tablets might become truly personal devices in the future as competition drives down the prices. But for now, you should assume that youre designing for a multi-user device. For example, users might be reluctant to stay permanently signed in on an app, and theyll still forget their passwords. Its also important to design recognizable application icons so theyll stand out in the crowded listings of several users apps.

via iPad Usability: Year One Jakob Nielsens Alertbox.

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Utilize Available Screen Space

2011-05-10 in Practice by face | No comments

Mainly, though, let’s stop cramming information into tiny peepholes. Optimizing the UI for the available screen space is a key strategy for improving usability (and thus lifting your conversion rates).

via Utilize Available Screen Space (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox).

Face it. The web has gone mobile (and small).

Nielsen’s words on Mega Drop-Down Navigation are informative as well.

College students’ use of Kindle DX

2011-05-06 in Forward Directions, Integration, Practice, Tools by face | No comments

A study of how University of Washington graduate students integrated an Amazon Kindle DX into their course reading provides the first long-term investigation of e-readers in higher education. While some of the study’s findings were expected – students want improved support for taking notes, checking references and viewing figures – the authors also found that allowing people to switch between reading styles, and providing the reader with physical cues, are two challenges that e-readers will need to address in cracking the college market.

via College students’ use of Kindle DX points to e-reader’s role in academia — University of Washington – washington.edu.

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