A List Apart has a good write-up called Usability Testing Demystified
Normal Modes has an eye-tracking heatmap gallery
The University of Minnesota Web Services committee has published a phase 1 report on user discoverability
Functioning Form asks whether social models affect contribution
UXMatters asks whether UX can be Agile
Brian Fling speaks at dConstruct 2009 on how mobile devices are [...]
Tag Archives: Usability
Library Usability Links 10/10/09
10-Oct-09Library Usability Links – 10/4/09
04-Oct-09Boxesandarrows has a fascinating article on implementing prototypes into design
A List Apart discusses how to use site analytics for a bottom-up analysis
More web data analysis from A List Apart, this time using site search data
UXmatters gives a detailed analysis and tips for designing tables
UXmatters discusses best practices for designing faceted search filters
We Are Colorblind has [...]
Library Usability Links 8/11/09
10-Aug-09Eye Tracking:
Oneupweb has an intriguing eyetracking presentation up that discovers “areas of interest” in a few social web sites
Think Eyetracking has an interesting write up of ca. 1967 “gaze plots”
Virtual Hosting offers 23 lessons from eye tracking studies which could marked “citations needed”
Library Usability:
Usability Post has an article on improving your observation skills and breaks [...]
Library Usability Links 7/8/09
08-Jul-09Marti Hearst’s new book Search User Interfaces is available for free on the web
Design with Intent has a very interesting toolkit which boils down to several design patterns in poster format
The same blog also has a post modeling different types of users: pinball, shortcut, and thoughtful users
Tyner Blain has some tips for writing complete user [...]
Library Usability Links 6/22/09
22-Jun-09Dawn Bastian Paschal is co-author of an interesting usability study on Colorado State’s digital collections in JAL 35 No. 3
Design Mind has an article on how designers can influence behavior
ColoRotate has a fascinating take on the color picker
A compelling account of Kristina Halvorson’s talk regarding Content Strategy
Karen McGrane talks Content Strategy: “It’s about action, not [...]
Library Usability Links 6/9/09
09-Jun-09Lesson from American Airlines: “good design is necessarily the product of a heavily centralized structure”
Bookmark: Interesting blog called Wireframes
Lateral Action lines out the 9 ways users respond
Smashing Magazine has some Useful Glossaries for Web Design
Very funny: Dilbert on User Experience
Smashing Magazine has an article on Modal Windows in Web Design
New to me: 23 Actionable Items [...]
Library Usability Links 5/12/09
12-May-09The IMLS Digital Collections and Content research group is designing a collections dashboard
UsabilityPost has a list of 8 Characteristics of Successful User Interfaces
UX Booth has a post on using color theory
Simon Day shows the effects a small color change can have by analyzing heatmaps of the page
Austin Govella describes six strategies for combining UX and [...]
Library Usability Links: 4/13/09
12-Apr-09Ron Hudson has an entertaining post about social proof including a great YouTube video
Usability Counts posts a few questions to ask when interviewing a UX specialist
Researchers questioned on the scope of UX – interesting results
Aaron Louie has a good write-up on evolving design which touches on user personas
Craig Tomlin publishes a list of useful books [...]
Library Usability Links 4/2/09
02-Apr-09The color contrast check page has been updated. This is a great tool for checking the accessibility of any font / background color choices.
New to me: 30 Days to a more accessible website: Dive into Accessibility
Design Daily News has a list of recommendations for better linking using CSS
Scobleizer weighs in on the Facebook redesign with [...]
Library Usability Links 3/25/09
25-Mar-09Great tongue-in-cheek advice from Boagworld: 10 things a designer would never tell you
TechCrunch advises FaceBook to not give in to users
Slate agrees with TechCrunch, saying users will get over it
Smashing Magazine talks best practices with regard to breadcrumbs
UXBooth has an intriguing beginners guide to information architecture
Usability Counts reminds everybody to ask for referrals
Library Clips talks [...]