THE WEB CAN BE A BETTER PLACE TO SURF AND DO BUSINESS !
Last Updated: October 30, 2004
[October 30, 2000]
Jakob Nielsen: Flash: 99% Bad - "About 99% of the time, the presence of Flash on a website constitutes a usability disease. Although there are rare occurrences of good Flash design (it even adds value on occasion), the use of Flash typically lowers usability. In most cases, we would better off if these multimedia objects were removed. (...) The problem is simply that current Flash design tends to encourage abuse."
The Register: British business flocks online
[October 27, 2000]
WebmasterBase: Navigation - Make it easy to get around
System Concepts: Ten tips to make your website usable - "The purpose of the site, and the benefit to users, should be visible on the home page."
Wired News: Blacks Go to Net for Information
The speed of business: If your pages are slow, your customers will go
ZDNet: The Web has a weight problem. - "The median weight now sits at 89KB. While its down from the years of 100KB gorgings, its still not even close to the optimum 60KB, according to Byte Level Research's John Yunker."
[October 21, 2000]
frontend.com: Thinking about Graphic Design - "The way site content is presented will have a significant effect on how easy-to-use it will be. This not only includes questions of appropriate images and styles, but also choice of colour schemes and the way different interface elements are represented."
[October 18, 2000]
Usability On The Web Isn't A Luxury - "On the Web, users first experience the usability of a site and then buy something. Give users a good experience and they're apt to turn into frequent and loyal customers."
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