Design: Wireframing for responsive design
Responsive design creates some enormous challenges, not just in build but also in layout and wireframing.
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Design: Responsive Design Sketchbook
I really like the look of this carefully thought out sketch pad: http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0064/4612/products/responsive-blueprint_grande.png?100729 I can imagine how this could benefit the…
Design: A prototype is worth a thousand words
Leigh shares some thoughts on why a functional prototype is worth a ten thousand word specification.
User experience: Jared Spool talks about calls to action
In episode 4 of season 1 we discussed calls to action. This included a short segment from usability expert Jared Spool. Now we are releasing the full interview.
User experience: An experience with user personas
Leigh Howells (a user experience/design consultant at Headscape) shares his experience of creating some user personas.
User experience: Making user testing happen
We all know we should be doing more usability testing than we are. Fortunately there are some great tools available to make the job easier.
User experience: You're a failure: Deal with it
Every website has points of failure. It is inevitable. The question is do you know what they are and are you doing something about them?
User experience: How to stop choice paralysis damaging your sales
Could you be losing sales because users cannot make a decision? The chances are the answer is yes. Fortunately there is something you can do about it.
User experience: Happy customers through an improved checkout
You would think that the checkout form would be simple. However often users abandon their purchase, because the checkout form fails to deliver.
User experience: Lou Rosenfeld on Search Analytics
Lou Rosenfeld shares how the search terms used on our websites can reveal a lot about our users.
User experience: User testing for disposable websites
Increasingly any marketing campaign is accompanied by a landing page or microsite, but how do you justify user testing such short term sites.
User experience: Usability testing in action
A lot of people think that running a usability session is difficult… its not. This recording of a usability test session proves otherwise.
Mobile: Monthly usability testing with Steve Krug
Steve Krug, usability expert and author of “Don’t make me Think”, shares with us his unique approach to usability.
User experience: Speed Wireframing with Nick Finck
A great little video showing off the wireframing process.
Mobile: The iPhone is not easy to use: a new direction for UX Design
If the iPhone is so difficult to use, why is it still regarded as a game changer by both the design and business worlds? Because it does several important things right, but most of all because it’s…
User experience: University course finders suck
I see a lot of University websites and the one area that consistently fails to deliver is the course finder.
User experience: Case Study: Wiltshire Farm Foods
One of the biggest challenges of running a successful website is balancing the needs of users with those of the business. This is especially true when an existing business model conflicts with user needs.
User experience: Three secrets to simplicity
Many website owners damage their sites by continually adding features and content when they should be simplifying. In this post I reveal why that happens and how to simplify your website.
User experience: Content is dead, long live context
No, content is not dead. Yes content is important, but there can only be one king and I am beginning to wonder if it is context.
User experience: Lessons from the O2 failure
I don’t want to start ranting about the debacle that was upgrading via the O2 website, from my iphone to the iphone 3G. However, there are a couple of things we can learn about good site design from their mistakes.
User experience: Defying conventions
As the web matures an increasing number of conventions are emerging. But should we always follow the crowd?
Development: Friendly web addresses
When redesigning boagworld considerable time was spent formatting the sites’ web addresses. In this post I explain why so much time was taken and introduce you to the tools I used.
User experience: What goes into a user testing script
I have talked before about the benefits of user testing. I have discussed how to user test on a budget. Now, I want to look at some basics that go into every usability test script.