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A 7 Step Guide to Website Usability

March 12, 2012 by Divya Rawat

The web is not an art gallery. And before all the art aficionados and web designers, take umbrage, let me clarify by stating that the net appreciates and requires usability. Keeping things simple and usable not only makes way for easier goal achievement but it also leads to higher conversion…

Guidelines

5 Simple Guidelines To Improve Your Website’s Accessibility

March 5, 2012 by Alexsey Donets

With each and every passing day, the World Wide Web (WWW) is becoming more and more advanced. It has also established itself as one of the most vital and powerful resource of information, and a source abound with exciting possibilities. Sites have become the easiest and convenient forms of information…

Technology

The End Of The Flash Player

February 27, 2012 by Matt Beswick

Adobe recently announced that it is halting any future development for the mobile Flash Player. The company has stated that it intends to focus on its AIR-based and HTML5 apps for the smartphone market. Work will still continue though on the conventional Flash Player for PCs.

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Future Trends In User Experience Web Design Through Gov.uk

February 20, 2012 by Aaron Charlie

In January 2012, The UK government launched a BETA version of the new website Gov.uk to replace the existing direct.gov.uk site. This is the latest attempt by the government to provide access to all their information in one place. The new interface is essentially a search engine with a simple…

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5 Signs That Indicate Website Usability Problems

January 23, 2012 by Lisa E.

Web site usability is based on the factors that make it easy for a visitor to your website to accomplish his goals. For example, if someone wants to find your customer service contact information then a website maximized for usability will allow that information to be found in as few…

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An Interview With Caroline Jarrett

January 16, 2012 by Justin Mifsud

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,…

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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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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…