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12 Effective Guidelines For Breadcrumb Usability and SEO

December 19, 2011 by Justin Mifsud

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…

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Usability Definitions – A UsabilityGeek & Usabilla Collab

December 5, 2011 by Justin Mifsud

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…

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Mainstreaming Web Site Usability Through Automated Usability Evaluation

November 28, 2011 by Justin Mifsud

I have always been intrigued by the fact that although web site usability is proven to be an essential element in web design and development, there still exist an abundance of web sites with poor usability. This paradox is the result of limitations which I have written about in an…

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An Extensive Guide To Web Form Usability

November 14, 2011 by Justin Mifsud

As most of you may know by now, last week I have made my debut as a guest blogger on the almighty Smashing Magazine, specifically in the User Experience Design Section. Being chosen to write for them, interacting with such a professional team and eventually seeing my post published is…

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Official Usability & Web Site Guidelines of Governments From Around the World

October 31, 2011 by Justin Mifsud

In most countries, including the United States, the government is the largest single producer, collector, consumer and disseminator of information. With such a strong presence in the daily life of its citizens, most governments, as well as their agencies, develop their own web sites from which they render a number…

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14 Guidelines For Web Site Tabs Usability

October 17, 2011 by Justin Mifsud

Tabs have long been used to show alternative views of the same group of information tabs in software. Known as “module tabs”, these are still used today in web sites. For instance, airline companies such as Ryanair, easyJet and AirMalta use module tabs to enable the user to switch between…

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15 Title Tag Optimization Guidelines For Usability and SEO

October 3, 2011 by Justin Mifsud

The HTML title tag defines the name of a web page and should be used to describe content of that page in a concise way. Thus, what is placed between the opening and closing HTML title tag is extremely important for both usability and Search Engine Optimization (SEO). In this…

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Official Usability, User Experience & User Interface Guidelines From Companies

September 19, 2011 by Justin Mifsud

Guidelines are considered to be the best resource that designers and developer can use to ensure that the applications and web sites they produce are usable. Operating systems, devices, and development environments are very specific in nature. Because of this, their manufacturers have devised their own set of usability, user…

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Why Web Sites With Poor Usability Are Still Being Developed

September 5, 2011 by Justin Mifsud

We all know about the importance of web site usability. There are countless evangelists, guidelines, books, blogs, research papers and whatnot emphasizing the importance and need to develop usable web sites. Yet, very often we still encounter web sites that frustrate us when we try to do even the most…

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10 Free Web-Based Web Site Accessibility Evaluation Tools

August 22, 2011 by Justin Mifsud

Web-based web site accessibility evaluation tools are a handy resource for anyone who wants to ensure that the site they are developing meets established accessibility standards. Since web site accessibility is a subset of web site usability, one needs to ensure that the site is accessible as part of the…

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