Tag: Usability

Yes, Virginia, there is a perfect Web page

(flickr tag: perfect)
[These are my notes from Steve Krug’s talk at the Jan. 16 UPA Boston meeting.]
“Yes, Virginia, there is a perfect Web page.”
(Wikipedia reference)

There are some things that just work

but don’t get done very often
even in the hands of good designers

Two things that make a perfect Web page:

Effective “You are […]

Consistency vs. Simplicity

(flickr tags: consistency, simplicity)
One problem that I always seem to run into when creating a user interface is the conflict between consistency and simplicity. Clearly they are both valuable, but what do you do when you cannot have both?
To give a little background, I work on a workbench application that provides […]

Joel on Alarm Clocks

I love this story from Joel on Software about how an alarm clock caused several sleepless nights:

A game of inches
“Oh, that thing? I have no idea how to use that thing. I never use it,” she said. “I’ll disconnect it completely.”
“Not necessary,” I said, and turned off the alarm, set the volume to zero, and, […]

Alarm clocks and usability

(flickr tag: alarm clock)
We use them every day. In fact, we rely on them. Just about every bedroom comes equipped with one. Without it, I wouldn’t know what time it was when I wake up in the middle of the night and I certainly wouldn’t be able to wake up at […]

Self Review: Pioneering a User Experience Process

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Amy Hillman (along with the editors at Boxes and Arrows) recently wrote a good article summarizing the do’s and don’ts of Pioneering a User Experience (UX) Process. I’ve read articles along the same lines before, but this particular one was very good because it put all the advice […]

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