The Designer Is Dead, Long Live The Designer!
Usability maharishis, with idiosyncratic attitudes and blaring random opinions about design, irritate me. While the importance of their field has been acknowledged for some years now, it is simply a sham to assume or suggest their role is principal
By Didier P. Hilhorst   Posted 2007-05-26    Views:20   Comments:0

Brand Value and the User Experience
A positive user experience is an end-user¡®s successful and streamlined completion of a desired task.
By Kelly Goto   Posted 2007-05-26    Views:10   Comments:0

Ambient Findability
¡°Executives routinely rely on their intuitions to solve complex problems when logical methods (such as cost benefit analysis) simply won¡¯t do.¡±
By Peter Morville   Posted 2007-05-26    Views:15   Comments:0

Forging a partnership between designer and user
For the Web to fulfill its promise of universal access, users must shoulder more responsibility for their environment.
By Sarah Horton   Posted 2007-05-26    Views:9   Comments:0

Web Redesign 2.0
The Core Process Goto and Cotler describe focuses on special challenges presented by site redesign, but can be easily modified to fit initial site design projects
By Krista Stevens   Posted 2007-05-26    Views:22   Comments:0

Completely Rethinking the Web
We¡¯re very close to the tipping point. The boundary now is hardware. Once devices like flash memory (portable plug-and-play memory that fits in a wallet) have the capacity to hold software applications, the notion of Web applications will reach the
By Dirk Knemeyer   Posted 2007-05-26    Views:13   Comments:0

Losability vs. Usability
End users can only tell you what works based on their current experience on the Web. Your heuristics are in the marketplace.
By Garth A. Buchholz, BA, CUA   Posted 2007-05-26    Views:10   Comments:0

Rethinking Application Design
Unfortunately, successful product design sometimes occurs despite the structure and process of the design team¡ªnot because of it.
By Dirk Knemeyer   Posted 2007-05-26    Views:13   Comments:0

Understanding the Unconference
Because they do not require the infrastructure and organization of a full-blown industry gathering, unconferences can happen more frequently. Because the cost to attend is minimal (or non-existent), anyone who wishes to can come. And because everyone
By Jonathan Follett   Posted 2007-05-26    Views:13   Comments:0

User Interface Design - Taking the Good with the Bad
To effectively evaluate the cost and benefit of each design decision that affects the UI, you need insight across many fields, from cognitive psychology to human factors to graphic design.
By Mike Padilla   Posted 2007-05-26    Views:26   Comments:0