Tag Archives: usability
Behind the Websites: Maintaining Link Focus
August 23, 2011
Anyone who has attempted to navigate a web page using the keyboard will have experienced sites that remove the default a:focus style without adding in a replacement.
Tags: Accessibility, CSS, Eric Meyer, reset, usability
Design: Usability, Trust and the iPad
June 9, 2011
Apple are known for their beautiful design and their “it just works” mentality. It’s one of the things I love about my own Apple products. My parents, on the other hand, are known for not being me.
The only computers my parents have ever used are Windows machines and English is their third language.
I wanted to see how easy it would be for them to set up an iPad 2 for themselves.
Tags: Accessibility, Apple, expectations, iPad, usability
Behind the Websites: HTML5: I couldn’t (quite) do it
December 13, 2010
I found it difficult to use pure and semantic HTML5 when dealing with current versions of Internet Explorer. I really tried to adopt the commonly advocated view that it’s okay to require website visitors have JavaScript enabled but settled on a different option I could actually live with.
Tags: Accessibility, CSS, html, html5, JavaScript, usability
Design: Designing a User Interface with Caveat Emptor
July 6, 2010
There are lots of elements that go into making a good online store. One of the most important is that customers have access to all the information they need to make an informed decision.
Tags: amazon, communication, ecommerce, expectations, kindle, shopping, usability
Behind the Websites: Links opening in new windows
July 8, 2008
Yes I have firm views. Take that as a given. Since long before I could code, however, I’ve always been critical of websites that open their links in another window.
Back in the days before browser tabs, a whole new window would open either above or below the window you were currently working on. It was terrible and unstoppable.