Back to the User
Since our earliest interviews with Web users, enormous progress has been made in shaping sites that inform, engage and build lasting customer relationships. Imagine searching for information without Google; finding a rare collectible without eBay, f
By Tammy Sachs   Posted 2007-05-26    Views:15   Comments:0

Experience
Basking in the reverence of last month and Digital Web's tribute to communities online, it is with a joyous heart that this month I can talk about one of my favorite communities out there: The Ozone Asylum . I believe I got a much better deal on thi
By Stephen Van Doren   Posted 2007-05-26    Views:12   Comments:0

Better Than a Human
The rest of the presentation showcased how a forward thinking company, even one with deep roots in offline commerce, can improve its Internet-based products with a focus on usability.
By David Wertheimer   Posted 2007-05-26    Views:11   Comments:0

Making a Timeless User Experience
Providing good user experience takes more than drawing handsome icons for people who don't read. One has to think in all directions to properly define smart user-centric design, then, apply those decisions in a timeless fashion. An analogy By way of
By David Wertheimer   Posted 2007-05-26    Views:15   Comments:0

Human Experience
Lately I have been working at Animal Logic with a great team and an excellent team leader. Andy Polaine from Antirom fame has pointed out many of his views on interactivity to me, and much has rubbed off. There has been a lot of talk about technolog
By Justin Fox   Posted 2007-05-26    Views:14   Comments:0

Measuring User Experience
As a hardworking Web developer who wants to please or appease the client, you've built the best site you could in the given circumstances. You've built the site even though you asked the client for clear goals, a defined vision, and the missing cont
By Christopher Schmitt   Posted 2007-05-26    Views:13   Comments:0

User Experience
In a downward spiral from last month's discussion of community, I lost a bet with Digisect columnist Stephen Van Doren , and agreed to do a flipside user experience review of one of my less favourite areas of the 'net: Useit.com . To discuss user ex
By Peter Fielding   Posted 2007-05-26    Views:13   Comments:0

Creating User-Focused Web Sites
Web designers can be guilty of designing for themselves alone. We like to think of ourselves as purveyors of good taste, or even of being on the cutting edge of cool. Sometimes we are guilty of forgetting the purpose of our work entirely. We've scoff
By James McNally   Posted 2007-05-26    Views:11   Comments:0

The Elements of the User Experience
There is something gratifying about picking up a book by an author whose concept is so elegantly displayed, with a message so clear, that you want to share it with everyone you know. For those of us who have been engaged in the creative development o
By Elisa K. Miller   Posted 2007-05-26    Views:15   Comments:0

Usability: The Site Speaks for Itself
As Molly Holzschlag points out in the introduction, This book exists to help web professionals gain perspective, not from the usability pundits that have popped up like so many mushrooms after rain, but from real practitioners. Since the book warns
By James McNally   Posted 2007-05-26    Views:14   Comments:0