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Are your users S.T.U.P.I.D? - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design
It is an honest question: how smart are your users? The answer may surprise you: it doesn’t matter.
Much of UX for the Web focuses on the experiences users have while they’re interacting with a website or web application. But that focus neglects a key part of the user experience: the first impression visitors have when they initially discover a product or company.
Better First Impressions Through Design | UX Magazine
Social Design Strategy | UX Magazine
Great products and services depend on their users having great experiences.
GREAT POINT when we are faced with more subjective questions we turn to a community of people to help us out. by Nov 22
On negative hovers — CSS Wizardry—CSS, Web Standards, Typography, and Grids by Harry Roberts
I’ve been mentioning moaning about something called negative hovers on Twitter for ages now, so it’s about time I wrote a quick post on them.
Where ever possible it is recommended that native HTML controls be used over custom controls as their accessibility support is likely to be more robust and it’s much less work. However, if you do have a need to develop a custom control there are a number of steps you will have to take to ensure it is accessible.
HTML5 Accessibility Chops: Just use a (native HTML) button | The Paciello Group Blog
Note: Every so often, we’ll be publishing a “feature”, an in-depth posting on a topic we care about that involves much more effort than we’re able to invest on a regular basis.
Coping with Over Four Hundred Devices: How Netflix Uses HTML5 to Deliver Amazing User Interfaces
What’s this all about? The central premise of user centred design is that the best designed products and services result from understanding the needs of the people who will use them. —Design Council As a Graphic Design student in my second year, I took a year of self-directed study during which I had the pleasure to work with many interesting design studios and practitioners which got me interested in user centred design. Although I know that this diagram is by no means complete, I believe that it can be beneficial for students and design practitioners in various disciplines.
User Centred Design - Infographic Poster by Pascal Raabe
Design for understanding | Feature | .net magazine
For users with a cognitive disability, accessing your website may be as frustrating as trying to read a Latin version of War and Peace.
The iPhone’s smooth interactions can really spoil you. Even less-than-useful iPhone apps become addictive when they just feel satisfying to use. The iPhone user controls are responsive, like tactile objects in your hand.
Better Button and Nav Interactions | Darren Hoyt Dot Com
Why Keyboard Navigation is so Awesome | Inspired Magazine
One of my favorite recent trends in web design is keyboard navigation.The Most Important Design Real Estate on Your Site | Inspired Magazine
This is a guest post from Anthony Licari – a sponge that’s regurgitating information and data in a functional manner on his amazing blog . Your site is full of real estate and almost all of it is trying to grab the visitors attention as quickly as possible. It could be argued that all real estate on your site is important, if you feel like being a pedantic whiny face.The new Fragment API for Android, introduced in Android 3.0, allows for easier dynamic user interfaces. In this tutorial, learn how to convert a two-screen ListView to WebView workflow into a single screen workflow designed for large screens, such as those found on tablets.
Android User Interface Design: Working With Fragments
The first step is to lay down the structure of the underlying HTML document.
Better Check Boxes with jQuery and CSS | Tutorialzine
Everything you always wanted to know about touch icons · Mathias Bynens
“Touch icons” are the favicons of mobile devices and tablets. Adding them to your web page is easy, and I’m sure you already know how this works using HTML:How Users Read on the Web (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
PAGE QUOTE - Credibility can be increased by high-quality graphics, good writing, and use of outbound hypertext links. by Nov 22