Over the years, I have read probably hundreds of usability tips and tricks. They all seem to give generally decent advice that are all blanket statements about usability. Such things as “Use a sans-serif” or “Make sure to minimize scrolling” are common among these lists.
Defining User Experience as Brand Experience
I have found that the best way to think of user experience is as the core of a brand: the reactor or the nucleus. Without good user experience your brand means nothing. But what is a brand? Its most basic definition is the sum of the experiences that a person has with a company or […]
5 Leading Airline Booking Forms Tested for Usability
I was recently planning a trip and beyond noticing price differences between major airlines, I also noticed how different the visual layouts were and how some manage to be more effective at getting the potential customer into the booking process with less confusion and pushed down the stages of booking with less friction. Usability is […]
Tips For Making Your Website Multilingual Friendly
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 […]
Diving Into The User Interface With Fundamental Questions
The charismatic process of designing a user interface is one that requires not only the adequate skills, but understanding of an effective user to application relationship. Engineering an effective user interface means you should place focus on certain parameters that will allow you to build a set of accomplished user goals. Everything from the visual […]
Best of Breadcrumbs and How They Enhance Your Website
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 […]
Inline Expansion – Why And Where To Use It
When you hear the words “Inline Expansion” you probably think of a jQuery accordion. In essence that’s correct, but entirely dependant of its functionality. The act of expanding content vertically or horizontally allows us to show important data we’d like our users to pay attention to. Essentially focus is a critical factor as we only […]
Improving The User Experience Of Your Website With Modal Windows
With new elements of design trending the web it’s no surprise a large portion of these aim towards enhancing the user experience. What better way to help create a more usable environment then to start by properly structuring the way your users interact with key aspects of your websites (i.e. the login process)? This is […]
18 Dos and Don’ts Of Usability On The Web
Are you a web designer or do you run a website? Good, because this article is for you. If you’re designing websites for a living or running your business online, there are 18 tips in this article that you should definitely read and remember. You can have the best visual design skills on the planet, […]
10 Steps To A More Usable Ecommerce Website
The ecommerce marketplace is a very competitive one and a rival site is never more than a click away. If you want to attract and retain customers, you need to make sure that your site is as usable as possible. You could be selling the best products in the world, at unbelievably low prices, but […]
