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A successful website has to be about more than pretty design or even fulfilling business objectives. A successful website has to meet the needs of users. Customer service and usability lies at the heart of differentiating yourself from the competition. However, a great user experience doesn’t just meet user needs, it also nudges them in the right direction to ensure an outcome that benefits both the user and your business.

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Better UX: Designing for mega-sites

How do you design navigation for a site ten or more levels deep, made up of many thousands of web pages and organised into multiple sub-sites? This is the challenge of designing for mega-sites.

Better UX : Dealing with SPAM

My contact form receives a lot of unwanted email. Which method do you recommend using to keep bots and spammers away?

Better UX : Does the fold matter?

A lot of emphasis is put on having important website information above the “fold”. Do you think this really matters?

Better UX : Give your users some positive feedback

I am currently in the process of writing a post for Smashing Magazine about the importance of providing users with positive feedback. I won’t pre-empt the article here, but I did want to share …

Better UX : Workfu, a case study in simplicity

I wanted to share with you a quick review of a new web application called Workfu. Workfu provides a ‘smart profile’ for your professional life. Think of it as a simplified (and in my opinion be…

Better UX : An alternative approach to personas

Personas are a great way to help visualise the people you are designing for. However, sometimes the traditional approach can be a bit overwhelming. Fortunately there is an alternative.

Better UX : Making web forms conversational

Are you caring about your web forms? I came across this great article on Smashing Magazine from last November talking about web forms. The post is stuffed with great advice, but the following leapt o…

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