Posts in: Usability
- Atlanta: AJAX — Time for the Transformation of Web Applications
- CHI*A presents its monthly event. This month it’s AJAX. AJAX: Time for the Transformation of Web Applications Steve Benfield of ClearNova delivers a presentation on AJAX and its business applications. When: Thu, Sept 22, 6:30 p.m. Where: Macquarium, 1800 Peachtree St, Suite 250, Atlanta How much? FREE [12 Sep 2005]
- Thoughts on writing effective alt text
- Trenton Moss, of the UK-based usability/accessibility firm Webcredible, writes some guidelines for writing effective alt text [4 Apr 2005]
- The
titleattribute and search result links - While searching the SURL site, I noticed that many of the page titles were cut off. I won’t go in to what makes a good page title, or why page titles are important. But perhaps Google should add the title attribute — featuring the complete page title — to each link. When a user moused-over, the [...] [27 May 2004]
- Recommended reading: This month’s Human Factors International newsletter
- This month’s newsletter discusses “Some Considerations for Doing Usability in the Global Markets,” featuring links and other groovy analysis about how culture and language affect usability efforts. Of particular interest is the link to Hofstede’s Dimension of Culture Scales, which give you a sense of how hierarchical and individualistic (among other traits) a particular society is. [3 Apr 2004]
- Fleet error message?
- I was trying to log in to check my account balance on my Fleet Bank-issued credit card. I entered my user name and password, and … nothing. So I tried again, and nothing … I realized at this point that the log in I was using just wasn’t working. But I couldn’t figure out why [...] [10 Mar 2004]
- Recommended: “The Page Paradigm” and the related debate
- Mark Hurst over at Good Experience discusses goal-centered user patterns. His claims have launched a nice debate about whether a goal-centered approach to design is the best. IndiaCHI offers a nice overview of the debate, and ideas about the middle ground. More on “The Page Paradigm” from… Christina Wodtke Michael Angeles Peter Merholz [3 Mar 2004]
