Closeness of Actions and Objects in GUI Design image

Summary: Users overlook features if the GUI elements — such as buttons and checkboxes — are too far away from the objects they act on. One of the oldest principles of human-computer interaction is ... (2010-03-26)

Scrolling and Attention image

Summary: Web users spend 80% of their time looking at information above the page fold. Although users do scroll, they allocate only 20% of their attention below the fold. In Web design, there's much... (2010-03-26)

Testing Expert Users

Summary: It's more difficult to conduct usability studies with experienced users than with novices, and the improvements are usually smaller. Still, improving expert performance is often worth the effo... (2010-01-25)

Anybody Can Do Usability

Summary: Usability is like cooking: everybody needs the results, anybody can do it reasonably well with a bit of training, and yet it takes a master to produce a gourmet outcome. One of the discount us... (2010-01-15)

10 Best Intranets of 2010

Summary: Intranet design is maturing and reaping the rewards of continuous quality improvement for traditional features, while embracing new trends like mobile access, emergency preparedness, and user/employee... (2010-01-12)

The Dark Google Myth image

We’ve all been sent this e-mail... If Google had a black screen, taking into account the huge number of page views it receives, an estimated 750 mega watts/hour per year (sic) would be saved. With this ... (2010-01-11)

Less is Better movie

David Heinemeier Hansson is one of the most influential voices on the Internet. He is the author of the immensely popular Ruby on Rails programming framework, is a noted blogger and media figure, an... (2010-01-11)