What should be included in a standard web UX/usability audit and recommendation?
UXers here probably audit existing websites or pieces of software that are already established. Sometimes, we are involved in designing them from the start, but for times when we are not, we just have to audit and list recommendations for …
Should alert boxes be avoided at any cost?
Thanks to Gabriel Svennerberg and Sam K for this one – raised in a comment here.
I was fairly casual about alert boxes until a run of user tests where an alert box was put up to warn learners that if they left an online cou…
Including users with disabilities in user centered design
Many of the methodologies used in the early phases of user centered design, such as card sorting and paper prototyping, are not accessible to people with disabilities. Anybody have any advice on alternative methods that can b…
When is automated remote usability testing useful?
There seem to be a fair few services these days offering automated remote usability testing, so I’m assuming there are a fair few people using those services, which implies that they ARE useful – under the right circumstances…
What tools (ideally affordable ones) would folks recommend for creating a website wireframe? [closed]
What tools (ideally affordable ones) would folks recommend for creating a
website wireframe? What tools have you used, and did you find them better than pen and paper?
Is there ever a good reason to force opening a new browser window?
As a power web user, I know how to use my browser and it drives me nuts when web sites force me to open a new page. My mother, by contrast, just gets confused when this happens. At the end of a web session, she closes the c…
Is Microsoft’s Ribbon UI really that great, from a usability perspective?
The first time I ever used it was at my current job. Among my co-workers, the feelings towards it for usability are mixed.
The other developer doesn’t really care one way or the other, as long as the office does everything h…
Is Microsoft’s Ribbon UI really that great, from a usability perspective?
The first time I ever used it was at my current job. Among my co-workers, the feelings towards it for usability are mixed.
The other developer doesn’t really care one way or the other, as long as the office does everything h…