Say, where did they put that “Home” (“Hjem”) button (the image without alt text)? (www.sandnes-kulturhus.no) In all fairness, it’s a public site by a cultural institution — which definitively has a limited web budget. Still, it makes me wonder why they decided to put it at the bottom of the main menu. Bookmark on Delicious [...]
All posts in category Usability & Accessibility
Interesting Design Choices #1
Posted by Trond on September 28, 2007
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/usability/information-architecture/2007/interesting-design-choices-1/
Formal Meaning vs Human Interpretation
As predicted in my initial posting, I am not very good at hosting a blog … long time no see. Anyways: on the project I’m currently working on, I’ve had an interesting discussion with the interaction designer. The interaction designer had implemented the web application’s graphics design, based on our ID drafts, in HTML and [...]
Posted by Trond on August 26, 2007
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/usability/information-architecture/2007/formal-meaning-vs-human-interpretation/
100%E2R Standard
The 100% Easy-2-Read Standard is well worth a read. 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 July 10, 2007
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/usability/information-architecture/2007/100e2r-standard/
User Annoyance on Finn.no
Recently, we’ve been searching for a new place to live. Apart from the sky-high prices ($350.000 – $400.000 or so for 700-800ft apartments), what has come to annoy me is the lack of functionality on Norway’s leading online marketplace (where we search for apartments to look at in-person). Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tweet [...]
Posted by Trond on June 10, 2007
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/usability/2007/user-annoyance/
Web 2.0 Usability
Earlier this week, Jakob Nielsen claimed that “Web 2.0 is making web firms neglect the basics of good design“. Guess the nice looking web 2.0 logos (joke, yes), fancy icons and shiny colors weren’t enough? Shooot! Other interesting reads: Web 2.0 Usability. Web Application Page Hierarchy. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it [...]
Posted by Trond on May 18, 2007
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/usability/2007/web-20-usability/
Un-usability 101
The lack of self-awareness and usable solutions, even for large companies or public sectors / -providers, is sometimes astonishing. We just recently bought our first car. Since it’s quite common that you have to pay toll when driving on Norwegian high (and low) ways, we signed up for a service called AutoPass. Being an AutoPass [...]
Posted by Trond on May 6, 2007
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/usability/2007/un-usability-101/
Semantic HTML for Usable Web Sites
Although the post title might seem a little ironic in that there is not much semantics to HTML or XHTML, I do feel like writing a little piece about how to correctly use (X)HTML. Hopefully, it might help you understand that even valid (X)HTML can be “incorrect” (X)HTML.
Posted by Trond on April 9, 2007
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/web-development/2007/semantic-html/