Author Archives: Justin Mifsud

An Evening of Web Usability – Malta, 2012

By Justin Mifsud / Posted in Events / Published February 13, 2012

Tuesday 7th February 2012, will be remembered as a milestone in the Maltese Usability and User Experience (UX) calendar since the first usability conference “An Evening of Web Usability” was held. For this prestigious event which was hosted at the University of Malta, I had the honor of speaking alongside one of the leading usability [...]

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USEFul – A Framework To Automate Website Usability Evaluation (Part 1)

By Justin Mifsud / Posted in Practical / Published January 30, 2012

In an earlier article on this blog, I have proposed automating website usability evaluation as a means towards mainstreaming website usability within web design and development companies. This is because I view automation as an excellent solution towards overcoming the limitations which are causing the development of websites with poor usability.

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An Interview With Caroline Jarrett

By Justin Mifsud / Posted in Events / Published January 16, 2012

With over 17 years of experience working as a Usability and User Experience consultant for her own firm Effortmark and speaking at various conferences worldwide, Caroline Jarrett has long been considered as one of the leading experts in the field. She has also co-authored two of the best-selling books that, in my opinion, should be [...]

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12 Effective Guidelines For Breadcrumb Usability and SEO

By Justin Mifsud / Posted in Guidelines / Published December 19, 2011

The term “breadcrumb” in web terminology is a metaphor for the way-finding technique employed by Hansel in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. Although the metaphor is slightly misleading since within a web context, breadcrumbs do not always represent the path from which one has arrived at their current location, the term is [...]

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Usability Definitions – A UsabilityGeek & Usabilla Collab

By Justin Mifsud / Posted in Resources / Published December 5, 2011

For the past couple of months, the good folks at Usabilla have regularly added definitions to their Usability ABC. Today, I am proud to say that I have teamed up with them so that together we will double the effort behind the work involved in enhancing and maintaining an ever-growing list of usability and user [...]

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