It’s been quite quiet around here lately, but I just had to post this gem. Talisman Energy’s web site welcomes you with the words: Conditions for Viewing this Site. Say no more … or perhaps maybe just the note: NOTE: Clicking on “Accept” will enable you to view the rest of this website without having [...]
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As Good As It Gets
Posted by Trond on August 28, 2009
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/usability/2009/as-good-as-it-gets/
Time to End IE6 … ?
You have probably already heard about the Norwegian campaign to end IE6. If not, see Ajaxian or Wired. Although I sure hope that we (and in particular, me ) will spend less time on making web sites work perfectly in IE6 during 2009 than previous years, I don’t think we’ve seen the last of this [...]
Posted by Trond on February 21, 2009
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/web-development/2009/time-to-end-ie6/
Semantics in HTML: What’s in a Heading?
During a workshop on accessibility and WAI yesterday, the issue of proper use of HTML headings came up. Lots of sites fall short when it comes to using HTML headings (and other elements) properly, something that can affect accessibility, search engine ranking, as well as code maintenance [not to forget future re-use on the grand [...]
Posted by Trond on June 12, 2008
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/web-development/2008/semantics-in-html-whats-in-a-heading/
Article: Scientific Web Design
Scientific Web Design: 23 Actionable Lessons from Eye-Tracking Studies. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Posted by Trond on November 25, 2007
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/usability/2007/scientific-web-design/
Say What?
I wonder how many of Windows Live Hotmail’s members knows how to delete the temporary Internet files in their browser’s cache. “What’s ‘cache’, anyways?”, I’m sure thousands of users ask themselves. Screen shot of Windows Live Hotmail not loading. Haha! They brought this one on themselves. (I still remember the e-mails we used to receive [...]
Posted by Trond on October 10, 2007
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/usability/2007/say-what/
Guidelines for Accessible and Usable Web Sites
Steve Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think, a quick and good read btw, made me aware of an article entitled Guidelines for Accessible and Usable Web Sites: Observing Users Who Work. The article gives good insight into why it is important to do things right on the front end (Norwegian literates should read Kuttisme.no’s checklist on [...]
Posted by Trond on October 2, 2007
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/usability/2007/guidelines-for-accessible-and-usable-web-sites/
The IA of Topic Maps Based Portals
One thing that has crossed and stuck on my mind lately, is how information is presented on topic maps based web portals. Topic Maps based portals typically, or should I say obviously, use a subject centric approach for presenting information: every page presents information about a subject (represented by a topic in the topic map). [...]
Posted by Trond on September 29, 2007
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/semantic-web/tm/2007/the-ia-of-topic-maps-based-portals/