Can an interface’s personality make up for usability shortcomings? Or do spartan, emotionless interfaces resonate just as well with users as long as they work?
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Promotional Studies, Rankings Distort Value for Impact
February 28, 2009 – 6:22 pm
Promotional news releases disguised as usability studies and web site rankings obfuscate how and why people interact with well-known web properties.
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.
AllTop.com features the erova notebook
January 28, 2009 – 3:26 pm
Alltop, the “digital magazine rack” of the Internet, recently began promoting the erova notebook’s articles.
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.
