Promotional news releases disguised as usability studies and web site rankings obfuscate how and why people interact with well-known web properties.
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Category Archives: User Experience
5 Usability Mistakes Made to Enhance Usability
February 17, 2009 – 1:52 pm
Read 5 mistakes designers and developers may inadvertently make when trying to enhance the usability of a web site.
Web Design in Higher Ed Doesn’t Have To Lower Academic Standards
February 10, 2009 – 3:23 pm
Does web design deserve its place on college campuses alongside English, engineering, and art history?
Experience Design Doesn’t Stop at Interface Design
February 6, 2009 – 10:56 am
Delivering a premier customer experience requires more than an attractive user interface.
Shunning Cute Design: Identifying Anti-Patterns
January 28, 2009 – 1:41 pm
As design pattern discussions abound, understanding and avoiding anti-patterns can enhance a user interface, and likely, the user experience.
CTIA’s Perception Vs. Our Reality: Mobile Device Usability
January 19, 2009 – 4:07 pm
The BBC cites research that adding more features to devices increases complexity and user frustration, despite marketing messages indicating otherwise.
Interview Expectations: A Candidate’s Perspective
January 16, 2009 – 9:46 am
Chris provides reasonable interview expectations from a user experience candidate’s perspective.
Interviewing from Both Sides of the Desk: 30 Experience Design Questions
January 11, 2009 – 12:03 pm
Evans’s 30 Experience Design Interview Questions are tough for the candidate, but also the interviewer.
UX Remix: UPS Tracking Screen
January 7, 2009 – 9:46 am
I take up Jared Spool’s challenge to redesign UPS’s package tracking screen to downplay corporate lingo and prioritize customer-centric information.
When the UX, well, SUX: How to improve the user experience when the boss says “no”
January 5, 2009 – 11:53 am
We don’t always have the luxury of working with perfect clients or sublime art directors. But there are opportunities to enhance the user experience even when crippled by draconian design guidelines.
