THE WEB CAN BE A BETTER PLACE TO SURF AND DO BUSINESS !
Last Updated: October 30, 2004
[July 31, 2001]
Content Wire: Content Management: The wood from the trees
Nua Internet Surveys: Email improves quality of life
IBM: Transitioning from Windows to Linux - "This article addresses a number of miscellaneous questions, both the frequently- and rarely-asked questions, and groups them by topic. The focus is on helping Windows users make the transition to Linux, but those converting from other operating systems should find useful information here as well."
Web Informant: Those annoying pop-under ads - "The pop-under ads are typically a smaller window that comes up underneath the current window you are using to surf the web, hence the name. Until recently, they were pretty much the province of the porn industry and other shady operators."
[July 29, 2001]
Paul Nattress: Researching Web Sites - "This article describes a technique that you could use to help you research web sites. Researching web sites to see what your competition is up to is cheaper than market research, doesn't take too long and can give you a general overview of the current trends on the web."
BBC: Change your life, not your keyboard - "Stress and the social and psychological atmosphere of the place you work are the key causes of limb disorders."
[July 27, 2001]
NetMechanic: Accessibility Tip: Let JAWS Taste Your Site - "It's easier to understand the importance of designing accessible Web sites if you're familiar with the types of tools disabled people use to access the Internet."
Darwin: Search Engine Positioning - "Search engines are the primary interface between people using the Web and websites. ... The challenge is that many people are designing sites without any consideration for how they will be considered by the search engines. ... Your website is only useful if people use it. And the most important way to get people to use it is to get it found in one place where everybody goes to search for content-and that is the major search engines."
InfoVis.net: "PC Usability is questionable"
[July 26, 2001]
Techdirt: Teens Are More Efficient Web Surfers
AskTog: Good Grips: Usability before Branding - "Designs for the disabled don't have to hurt usability for the normally-abled. In fact, if you are doing your job properly, your designs will help everyone."
SURL - Usability News: Where Should You Put the Links? A Comparison of Four Locations
[July 22, 2001]
Clay Shirky: "It is essential that a Java Virtual Machine continue to be an integral part of the basic installation of all personal computers, and accessible from their browsers."
InternetNews: Is Microsoft Attacking Sun or Protecting Consumers?
Interaction by Design: Information Architecture and User Experience
[July 21, 2001]
Wired News: What Pops Up Must Come Down - "I think it's a misplaced strategy and they're designing these to be more and more intrusive and in your face. I think it has the opposite effect. People are not little children. The way they're being treated by these pop-ups, people really resent it. They're outraged." (by Ronald Warren Deutsch)
Web Techniques: "A bad privacy policy is bad public relations."
IBM: "User-experience design will continue to play an increasingly important role in attracting and maintaining customers on the Web."
Jakob Nielsen: Tagline Blues: What's the Site About? - "A website's tagline must explain what the company does and what makes it unique among competitors. Two questions can help you assess your own tagline: Would it work just as well for competitors? Would any company ever claim the opposite?"
[July 20, 2001]
WebmasterBase: Make your Site PDA-Friendly - "Small is good, if you want to make your Website content available to users of PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants). Although PDA hardware and software capabilities can't match those of a desktop machine, you don't need to settle for an anaemic handheld version of your site. With careful planning and smart coding you can create an elegant PDA-friendly site." (by Keith Reichley)
ACIA: People: An Interview with Seth Gordon - "Implementing results from a usability test is like getting a seasonal tune up for a bike. Look over the bike, adjust a few cables, tighten a few screws and it rides like a million bucks again. No need to replace all the parts or buy a new ride. The devil is in the details and a little regular maintenance can go a long way."
Bohmann Usability: Slow response time remain an issue on the Web even for users with high-speed Internet connections.
About.com: Criteria for Web Site Evaluation
On vacation at last! I'll be back blogging July 18, or so.
[July 7, 2001]
Wired News: Browser Blocks Ads and More - "... For really paranoid parents and managers, the highest security setting blocks the entire Internet except for a 'whitelist' of about 16,000 'safe' websites." (by Jeffrey Benner)
NYTimes.com (Registration required): You've Got Maelstrom: Dealing With Too Much E-Mail
Dori Smith: Macintosh Web Software on a Budget
Web Techniques: Using Language to Persuade Web Audiences - "... text must be integrated into the design of the site, so it must balance well with the overall visual design and be seen as an integral part of that design." (by Molly E. Holzschlag)
[July 4, 2001]
From Computing Machinery to Interaction Design (1997) - "Interaction design in the coming fifty years will have an ideal to follow that combines the concerns and benefits of its many intellectual predecessors. Like the engineering disciplines, it needs to be practical and rigorous. Like the design disciplines, it needs to place human concerns and needs at the center of guiding design; and like the social disciplines, it needs to take a broad view of social possibilities and responsibilities. The challenge is large, as are the benefits." (by Terry Winograd)
Cooper Newsletter: How to become an interaction designer
peterme.com: You Say Interactive, I Say Industrial...
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