This blog is my repository for interesting focus points along the never-ending quest for delivering perfect usability to users of web sites and applications. Where is the best location for that search box? What's the optimal solution for resolving font legibility in a world of changing screen sizes and resolutions? How do you determine the balance between discoverable info and clutter? So many questions - so many answers - so much job security :) What is amazing to me is the number of UIs in major apps and sites with "known issues" that chug merrily along, unmindful of the percentage of users they've lost to blockers like broken links, confusing labels, spinny icons o' death... If there's competition that duplicates acme corp's service and offers a better user experience and can get out there and let people know it's there, well, acme had better watch out.
I plan on outlining general UI UX issues in the next posts:
- Checklist for a Great UI and a Great User Experience
- Why web and app developers should care about usability
- Making the tough nav decisions - menus and tabs and buttons oh ****
- Why testing a developing web site or app UI is important
- Design for an 'intuitive' user interface
- Making tasks discoverable
- How to create and run a baseline usability test
- Do specific colors matter in a UI
- Creating a great user experience is not just a layout task
- How to identify users and use cases
- Do you need surveys if you already tested usability
- Designing UI for accessibility
- Identifying the problems in UI blocking users
- Usability testing to get quick fixes for a web or app UI
- The differences between usability utility and usefulness
- Is there a best color for a primary action
If you happen to check any of my articles out and are so moved, please give me feedback. Thanks.
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