From the Usability Category
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Jan0To www or not to www
When you type in a URL do you enter www.website.com or just website.com?
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Dec0Anybody Can Do Usability
Mr. Nielson is really driving home the point that anyone can do simplified usability (e.g., testing 5 users) which is inexpensive and goes on to actually recommend it over elaborate and expensive testing.
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Nov0High Velocity Web?
I just read Jakob Nielsen’s lastest post, Velocity of Media Consumption: TV vs. the Web, where he contrasts the difference between TV and the Web and goes on to show why the Web has a faster velocity. His findings show us that, more than ever, folks do not read on the Web; they scan it.
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Oct0Distributing Content Through Social Networks and RSS
Jacob Neilson, the king of usability, has just published, Streams, Walls, and Feeds: Distributing Content Through Social Networks and RSS. In this article Neilson discusses what users prefer when incorporating RSS feeds, and Social Networks from businesses.
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Sep0Bad User Testing Beats No User Testing
In Jakob Nielsen's, lasest post, Discount Usability: 20 Years, he stresses that bad user testing beats no user testing.
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Mar0Why you should not use 'Click here'
‘Click here’ is a relic of the past when Web users needed to be told where to click on a Web page for additional information or take action. Nowadays, people can identify hyperlinks by their distinctive color and the change of the pointer to a hand. ‘Click here’ has become superfluous and even undesirable for [...]
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Jan0Press Area Usability
Summary: As 3 studies of journalists show, they use the Web as a major research tool, exhibit high search dominance, and are impatient with bloated sites that don’t serve their needs or list a PR contact. Journalists often work under tight deadlines. While certainly not a novel insight, this statement leads directly to many of [...]
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