Proceed or Continue
A lot of the time in UX design, the devil is in the detail. Using one term (‘continue’) in the paragraph and another (‘proceed’) on the button isn’t an earth-shattering mistake, but it adds an…
Mental models
For a few minutes of comic relief, I love catching up with the latest posts on clientsfromhell. Some of the stories are scarily familiar and others just plain terrifying. But there’s a category of story…
A certain sense of Déjà vu
This is one of the more surreal forms I’ve come across recently…
A real page turner
I was listening to the excellent I.A. Podcast with Jeff Parks the other day. In the episode titled “Working in the post-industrial era” with Dorian Taylor they spoke about many interesting subjects concerning modern working…
The End of Unlimited Data
Could O2′s decision to end unlimited data tariffs slow the boom in the mobile web in the UK? There’s no doubt that smartphones, particularly the iPhone, have contributed to a phenomenal boom in the mobile…
CSS3 buttons, adding a simple level of interaction
CSS3 and HTML5 (note the lack of space between the L and the 5 – see Jeremy Keith for more info) are set to make a big impact in the next few years. Already, the…
Browsers, browsers everywhere…
Because Firefox 3.6 keeps crashing on the Guardian’s website (started happening all the time after Snow Leopard update but has often been a problem), I’ve now set Chrome to be my default browser, so that…
Site visits
It’s always fascinating to take a look through your server logs or visitor stats. This little old blog gets a tiny number of hits a day but recently that number has been climbing. Interested to…
Graublau Sans Grabbed
Learning something new keeps the mind active and that’s why working on the web can be so much fun. Just recently I’ve been pushing myself to learn jQuery – no longer shall I rely on…
Bad user testing beats no user testing
Jakob Nielson offers a great summary of why to do at least some user testing. Even if it’s poor, you’re likely to catch at least a few major errors. I believe that when deadlines are…
