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Eye tracking study reveals 12 website tactics

Eye tracking studies have revealed valuable information about how people read and interact with websites. One study, Eyetrack III, published a summary of their eye tracking results for news sites . While this is just one eye tracking study focused on a particular type of site, I think there are instructive nuggets here for any informational website.
Whether it’s your portfolio, a blog, a marketing web site, or a collection of games, we all want to attract visitors to our website and to ensure that they have a pleasant experience. Usability measures the level of a user’s experience and can be characterized by how easily a given task can be completed; whether it’s done with prior knowledge, or by having the user learn a new way to interact. I think Jakob Nielson probably explained it best when he said: “Usability is a quality attribute that assesses how easy user interfaces are to use. http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/06/10-tips-to-create-a-more-usable-web/

10 Tips to Create a More Usable Web

As we see more and more businesses move their services online, and even more that begin their life on the Web, a greater need arises for websites that are designed and built to sell. A great-looking website may achieve the goal of shaping and delivering a strong brand, but its good looks alone aren’t enough to sell the products or services on offer . For that, you need to introduce the element of marketing.

Design To Sell: 8 Useful Tips To Help Your Website Convert | How-To | Smashing Magazine

http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/06/design-to-sell-12-tips-to-help-your-website-convert/
http://designingwebinterfaces.com/essential_controls By Theresa Neil As Bill mentioned in an earlier post, we don’t want to limit this blog to just the principles and patterns found in the book. For that you can check out our Explore the Book section. This is the second article in a three part series on patterns and principles for RIA design.

30 Essential Controls

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» 10 Brilliant Multi Level Navigation Menu Techniques

Web-developers can create user-friendly horizontal or vertical navigation menus using CSS. Javascript makes it possible to create more interactive, more responsive and more flexible navigation to any website. Today we wanted to highlight 10 brilliant Multi Level Navigation Menu Techniques built using different Javascript Libraries including jQuery , Mootools along with some CSS magic to give us what you see below.

Web Design Trends: Call To Action Buttons - Freelance Web Design Belfast Northern Ireland Lee Munroe's Blog & Portfolio

http://www.leemunroe.com/call-to-action-buttons/ Call to action buttons are the buttons that you, as a web designer, want all your users to click on when they land on your page. Usually they’ll be a link to a download, signup or sale . Seth Godin ( The Big Red Fez ) calls them bananas and your users are the monkeys .
Web design consists, for the most part, of interface design. There are many techniques involved in crafting beautiful and functional interfaces. Here’s my collection of 10 that I think you’ll find useful in your work. They’re not related to any particular theme, but are rather a collection of techniques I use in my own projects. Without further ado, let’s get started. 1.

10 Useful Techniques To Improve Your User Interface Designs | How-To | Smashing Magazine

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