SEO v.s. Usability
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Usability Requirements: How to Specify,
Test and Report Usability
Usability Requirements: How to Specify,
Test and Report Usability
01/08/2003 06:00 AMUsability Must Die
Usability Must Die
10/17/2002 08:03 AMBeyond Usability
Beyond Usability
11/04/2002 09:41 AMUsability - is it what we think it is?
Usability - is it what we think it is?
10/30/2003 08:13 AMDropped and dragged through the mire
"It's Not Just Usability"
"It's Not Just Usability"
09/08/2004 08:33 AMHyperlink Usability
Hyperlink Usability
05/22/2004 12:50 AMDesign
Guidelines for Visualizing Links: A lot of really good guidelines
for hyperlink usability that really boil down to one point: do links
the way HTML was built to handle them and you won't have any problems.
Ninety-nine percent of usability problems on the Net are a result of
people trying to get cute.
Don't underline any text that's not a link, even if your
links aren't underlined. Reserve underlining for links. Because
underlines provide a strong perceived affordance of clickability,
users will be confused and disappointed if underlined text doesn't
have an actual affordance to match this perception.
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Do Icons Help Usability?
Do Icons Help Usability?
08/24/2002 01:21 PM"It seems there are two sides to the argument. The SEOs and
programmers feel that pure text links are invaluable to good web site
promotion and usability. Artists and designers feel that navigation is
static and needs to grab the attention of the user. "
Usability Links
Usability Links
03/11/2003 09:43 AMNow here's a usability story worth taking seriously: Child car seat
instructions too difficult. (via IDblog) Daniel Kapusta rants that
dishonest links must die. All about a link that seems...
Usability is Next to Profitability
Usability is Next to Profitability
12/06/2002 03:58 AM"Design Eye for the Usability Guy"
"Design Eye for the Usability Guy"
05/23/2004 09:31 AMUsability matters
Usability matters
12/02/2002 01:17 PMUse Usability to Best Advantage
Use Usability to Best Advantage
09/13/2002 03:25 AMOffshore Usability
Offshore Usability
09/16/2002 02:37 AMThe Road to Usability
The Road to Usability
09/16/2002 06:39 AMMoney Usability
Money Usability
12/30/2003 12:05 AMMaking different denominations of coins different shapes and sizes is
obvious. You keep them in your pocket, wallet or change... (345 words)
Enemies of Usability
Enemies of Usability
10/21/2002 06:18 AMUsability Guru
Usability Guru
01/17/2003 04:27 AMMisconceptions About Usability
Misconceptions About Usability
10/29/2003 12:12 AMIntranet Usability
Intranet Usability
11/10/2002 08:55 PMWhy Usability Matters
Why Usability Matters
08/14/2002 04:13 AMBecoming a Usability Professional
Becoming a Usability Professional
07/22/2002 10:42 AMHomepage Usability
Homepage Usability
03/30/2005 05:47 PM
The book begins with a chapter of precise guidelines that serve as
a checklist of the features and functionality to include on your home
page. The specifics found in categories such as "revealing content
through examples" and "graphic design" will quickly hook you and whet
your appetite for more. These guidelines are followed up with hard
statistics and an examination of the ominous Jakob's Law: "Users spend
most of their time on other sites than your site." Here you'll find
some interesting statistics about how various conventions like search,
privacy policies, and logos are used.
All this leads up to the showcase element of the book--a systematic
deconstruction of 50 of the most popular home pages on the Web. The
authors painstakingly pick apart each in an uncompromising autopsy of
usability. Each site is graphically analyzed for its use of real
estate and summarized with the frankness only found from true experts.
Then each section of the home page is bulleted and analyzed for
potential improvements.
Handheld Usability
Handheld Usability
06/04/2002 06:01 AMUsability Toolkit
Usability Toolkit
06/04/2002 10:14 AMUsability Testing: You Get What You Pay
For
Usability Testing: You Get What You Pay
For
06/19/2002 12:06 PM"About half that time is spent planning the test, a quarter running
it, and a quarter analyzing and interpreting results and generating
recommendations."
Usability for Programmers
Usability for Programmers
01/22/2003 04:20 AMGorilla Usability
Gorilla Usability
12/23/2002 10:55 AMNot everyone has time to conduct a formal usability study, or the
money to invest in a full blown usability initiative, and frankly,
lots of times that might not be the best option anyway. Sometimes a
designer or developer needs that one-on-one, maker-to-user interface.
Gorilla Usability will show you some ways to get to know your users in
a real world, out-from-behind-the-glass kind of way.
Usability Is An Island
Usability Is An Island
12/29/2004 08:52 PMUsability blunders
Usability blunders
12/17/2004 06:33 PMI stumbled across this today and thought it was just too good not
to share.
Competitive Usability
Competitive Usability
05/28/2002 08:58 AMThe Culture of Usability
The Culture of Usability
07/18/2002 11:26 AMWeb Site Usability 101
Web Site Usability 101
07/12/2002 05:52 PM"a few tips for beginners..."
When Does Usability Become a Liability?
When Does Usability Become a Liability?
04/12/2004 10:08 PMSlashdot Apr 13 2004 2:16AM GMT
Usability Meets TV Advertising?
Usability Meets TV Advertising?
01/03/2005 02:43 PMTechnology Review Jan 3 2005 6:48PM GMT
8-March-2003 -- Usability Law
8-March-2003 -- Usability Law
03/11/2003 09:43 AMUsability Law -- "There are a number of ways that the law impacts on
the usability of software and its...
Paco Underhill and usability
Paco Underhill and usability
03/20/2003 11:56 AMI just finished The Science of Shopping by Paco Underhill, a retail
anthropologist who studies how people shop. I liked the chapter on
online usability. Especially interesting: his idea of paying for
something online but picking it up at the store, thus avoiding
checkout hell. I often buy something locally after researching it on
the Internet because I want it now. I also loved his idea that stores
should have a men's health section, in which all the shaving supplies
and the like would get their own section, instead of the odd situation
now where they are mixed in with women's stuff. Underhill talks about
women as the dominant shoppers. In the computer world, women tend to
not care about raw Megaherz figures. They want style and an 800 number
and ease of use. The same is true of the ">usability of digital
cameras, which manufacturers are taking more seriously now. Speaking
of color cameras, read all about color and usability as they relate to
blenders and credit card machines. I've noticed the bad usability of
those credit card swipe machines and so read with delight the story of
a machine with a tiny blue "Yes" button....
Business 2.0 Guide to Web Usability
Business 2.0 Guide to Web Usability
03/11/2003 09:43 AMOct 3. Links in a dozen categories.
Usability: Neccesary but not Sufficient
Usability: Neccesary but not Sufficient
03/11/2003 09:43 AMSo does usability matter? (Via WebWord) Commenter Albert D. Kallal
makes a good point about Quicken being a useful product that broke new
ground. Quicken did something useful: allowing regular...
PR on Websites: Increasing Usability
PR on Websites: Increasing Usability
03/11/2003 01:22 AMGrok Description matches for SEO v.s. Usability
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