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Designing Websites Around Colorblind Users

June 10, 2019 by Alex Fox

Colorblind users are more common than you might realize. It’s not hard to design your website to make it easy for colorblind visitors to use. In fact, it will often make your designs more effective for all users, not just those with atypical sight conditions. Learn how to design your website around colorblind users to […]

Filed Under: Accessibility, Design Tagged With: color, color blindness, colorblind, colorblind users, Design

27 Responsive Website Designs for Mobile Safari

July 10, 2012 by Jake Rocheleau

The latest trends in responsive web design have ushered in a new era of mobile technology. The Internet is easier to access on almost all smartphone devices. So these days you should be working to support a growing audience of iPhone & Google Android users. But where do you start with such a big project? […]

Filed Under: Accessibility Tagged With: gallery, ios, layout, mobile, responsive, safari

Android vs iOS; A Usability Battle

May 13, 2011 by Jacob Creech 41 Comments

iOS heatmap result from IntuitionHQ.com

Lately I’ve noticed a number of articles with gripes and groans about the Android user experience, the way interfaces are designed, the usability of Android apps, and a lack of satisfaction with the whole Android ecosystem.

As someone who works on day-to-day basis with usability testing and user experience design, my interest was piqued. Were these users just iPhone users who expressed dissatisfaction after a brief flirtation with Android, or was there something deeper going on?

I can’t honestly say I’ve had a lot of experience with Android – although I do own two iOS devices – so I couldn’t write off these concerns one way or another. But rather than basing it off a few, possibly biased opinions, it seemed the fairest way to compare the two was to set up a quick usability test.

Filed Under: Accessibility, Android, Apps, Mobile, Usability, UX Tagged With: android, ios, mobile, Usability, ux

Modernizing Scripts Every Web Designer and Developer Should Use

April 5, 2011 by Oleg Mokhov 25 Comments

Web development keeps getting better – there are more increasingly-standardized tools like HTML5 and CSS3, and their features let web designers and developers create advanced and good-looking websites more easily.

But some browsers – mainly Internet Explorer version 6, 7, and 8 – don’t support many of these features, like border-radius, gradients, text-shadow, transparency, CSS animations and transitions, and so forth…

Filed Under: Accessibility, Development, HTML5, Resources, Tools, UX

Curing the Navigation-itis Syndrome

March 26, 2011 by Oleg Mokhov 14 Comments

More and more content is being published everyday and site owners need to find ways to categorize all this content. And with more content and categories comes greater navigation problems.

Sometimes navigation becomes a problem when there are simply too many options. Thus, it’s of great importance to cure the navigation-itis syndrome and make website navigation user-friendly and easy to navigate.

Filed Under: Accessibility, Article, Design, Usability, UX

The Ultimate 20 Usability Tips for Your Website

March 9, 2011 by Oleg Mokhov 22 Comments

Usability is ridiculously important to your website. It doesn’t matter how cool your website looks or how amazing your content is if visitors can’t quickly, easily, and enjoyably access and use it. Many of them will eventually just give up and look elsewhere.

So how do you make your website as usable as possible? Well, you’re in luck, because this article features 20 usability tips for your website. Technology will always change, thus changing the usability tips. So make sure you share your own tips and tricks with the rest of us.

Filed Under: Accessibility, Article, Usability, UX

Top 6 Mistakes to Avoid in Mobile Usability

February 25, 2011 by Maria Nemenman 12 Comments

Mobile applications are important for providing users with an alternate means of accessing your web page, as well as keeping connected anywhere and at any time. The programs are an integral part of staying competitive within your market, so they should be created wisely.

A number of potential pitfalls await, and this article will acquaint you with the top mistakes to avoid that may impact your mobile usability.

Filed Under: Accessibility, Article, Mobile, Usability, UX

Tips For Making Your Website Multilingual Friendly

August 30, 2010 by GrindSmart Media 14 Comments

Many people overlook making their websites multilingual friendly thinking that the majority of their traffic or visitors understand the English language. One thing to note is that nearly two billion people worldwide now have access to the internet, which is almost one third of the world’s population. Therefore, the expansion of your website worldwide depends […]

Filed Under: Accessibility, Article, Design, Usability, UX

Best of Breadcrumbs and How They Enhance Your Website

June 14, 2010 by Joel Reyes 20 Comments

Breadcrumb navigation offers a visually enticing way for users to keep track and know where they’re specifically located as they navigate your site. Overall, it increases the usability of your website, especially if it has various pages that need to be organized and structured in a certain hierarchical order. More than often breadcrumbs are usually […]

Filed Under: Accessibility, Inspirational, Showcase, Usability

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