Usability week ending August 21st

Friday, 19th August, 3:36 PM
Key principles of digital #typography: http://j.mp/nEhiny #fonts #css #webdesign

Wednesday, 17th August, 11:33 AM
@ericasadun Your app page clearly shows it has OneStar, but your app didn't automatically call 911 after my car accident. ONE STAR

Tuesday, 16th August, 6:39 PM
What if nobody knows what your icons mean? Guess what -- chances are, they don't: http://j.mp/rj02xj #ux #ui #icons

Tuesday, 16th August, 12:25 PM
@ericasadun have a look at StarFall HD http://j.mp/q5EvFv and the more complex SpaceStation: Frontier HD (40% off) http://j.mp/qhNfnX

Monday, 15th August, 11:23 AM
NYT paywall is porous, but that’s a feature, not a bug. Allows anybody to read any article they like, makes NYT inviting: http://j.mp/qjWDVH

Monday, 15th August, 10:07 AM
To be competitive, Google+Motorola first have to design amazing integrated products, which neither's really done before: http://j.mp/mSFXLa

Sunday, 14th August, 4:59 PM
It's not that PC manufacturers are quitters. It’s that they have the entirely wrong mindset to build must-have products: http://j.mp/pPcj6p

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Usability week ending June 26th

Friday, 24th June, 12:09 PM
If you exclude Facebook from the rest of the Web, minutes of use shrank by 9% from March 2010 to March 2011: http://j.mp/klRnSG #socialweb

Friday, 24th June, 11:05 AM
How to be an easy read -- making type look interesting: http://j.mp/lnRj3j #ux #ui #webdesign

Wednesday, 22nd June, 6:41 PM
A "portent of doom" for anyone that relies on multiple #cookies for tracking, customer service, analytics, advertising: http://j.mp/m8ctqc

Tuesday, 21st June, 2:32 PM
Users are making a transition from using the "mobile web" to spending more of their daily time in #mobile #apps: http://j.mp/im0m2l #stats

Tuesday, 21st June, 12:03 PM
Learn something new -- escape your search engine "Filter Bubble": http://dontbubble.us/

Monday, 20th June, 9:56 AM
When personalization goes too far--Google reminds users to "Call Dad", makes users angry: http://j.mp/mhrhbq

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Usability week ending January 9th

Friday, 7th January, 8:15 AM
The new Mac App Store shows human centered DRM -- your identity as key to generous rights: http://j.mp/geoDEN #drm

Thursday, 6th January, 6:30 PM
Everyone is a designer. Design is a fundamental part of everything. Keep this in mind throughout your project: http://j.mp/i1ivbf #ddd

Thursday, 6th January, 9:12 AM
Software Updates, System Update 10.6.6, Restart, New App Store icon in Dock, Twitter, Free ... Twitter icon in dock, Tweet!

Wednesday, 5th January, 11:18 AM
@kiwi_app i'll buy when you can. cheers.

Wednesday, 5th January, 10:41 AM
@kiwi_app where or how do you set your bit.ly api key to use with j.mp/bit.ly?

Wednesday, 5th January, 7:05 AM
Progressive signup -- as the user uses our product, we gently prod them to give us more info: http://j.mp/dENcnI #ux #ia

Tuesday, 4th January, 4:17 PM
The anatomy of a perfect landing page: http://j.mp/fIheah #ia #webdesign #ux

Monday, 3rd January, 5:21 PM
Essential and desirable skills you should look for in your UX designer: http://j.mp/dV4YKc #ia #ux

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Usability week ending December 5th

Friday, 3rd December, 4:09 PM
The Design of Everyday Things--theory of how people behave when working with everyday objects, and guidelines to follow: http://j.mp/gXJPxv

Thursday, 2nd December, 2:11 PM
Is simplicity a bad design goal?: http://j.mp/fyGPqb #ux #design #ui

Wednesday, 1st December, 1:50 PM
Trust, crowd empowerment, transparency and co-management of life activity, are the new master concepts for success: http://j.mp/eS0iNC #ux

Monday, 29th November, 5:52 PM
How A/B testing a splash page and sign up button earned Obama an extra $60M in fund raising: http://j.mp/gF525L #webdesign #ux

Monday, 29th November, 10:11 AM
5 of the best new user experiences of 2010--most interesting, useful, and innovative, expanding #ux expectations: http://j.mp/eWHqgn

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Usability week ending November 21st

Thursday, 18th November, 5:21 PM
20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web: http://j.mp/aWwEE7 #html5 #google #tutorial

Thursday, 18th November, 11:00 AM
@sugarsock kudos on launch

Wednesday, 17th November, 6:26 PM
The hardest part of software isn’t the process of creating it, it’s changing culture and influencing organizations: http://j.mp/aQyesF

Monday, 15th November, 11:26 AM
#Usability finally showing up in web design tips lists: http://j.mp/aQ9dCF #webdesign

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Usability week ending November 7th

Thursday, 4th November, 1:30 PM
Web designers, keep your page sizes down. It’s for your own (and your users') good: http://j.mp/9QDkjV #ux #performance

Thursday, 4th November, 12:58 PM
Best practices for combining #typefaces in a #design, as well as some blunders to avoid: http://j.mp/bffnUQ #fonts #typography #webdesign

Monday, 1st November, 11:40 AM
Users pay close attention to photos with relevant information, ignore fluffy pictures used for looks: http://j.mp/cjLqtw #ia #ui

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Usability week ending October 3rd

Tuesday, 28th September, 4:08 PM
Understand how colors interact with each other to establish a heirarchy of information in your #typography: http://j.mp/dANmUD #ux #design

Monday, 27th September, 2:01 PM
Do you know what your customers actually remember about your site? Try Clue's 5 second test: http://j.mp/9j4MUQ #ux #tdd #webdesign

Sunday, 26th September, 12:08 PM
To make backend infrastructure software usable, focus on the linguistic elements of the design: http://j.mp/dlkj2x

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Usability week ending May 16th

Friday, 14th May, 11:16 PM
What information architecture is, why it’s related to #usability, and the common tools used in iA: http://j.mp/bTfm6p #ia #design

Thursday, 13th May, 5:38 PM
Faceted #navigation is arguably the most significant #search innovation of the past decade: http://j.mp/bbRV1x #ia

Wednesday, 12th May, 3:00 PM
Know how to critique a web page in 30 seconds or less? Your users do: http://j.mp/bRdC7r #ux #ia #usability #design

Tuesday, 11th May, 12:07 PM
#iPad at Work: use case user stories from a Programmer, Designer, and QA Expert: http://j.mp/9hcZYO #ux

Monday, 10th May, 2:10 PM
iPad Usability: Jakob Nielsen's first findings from #iPad user testing with popular apps: http://j.mp/bDjgJl #ux #ui #ia #usability

Sunday, 9th May, 6:21 PM
A paperback is a versatile and easy device--cheap, replaceable, takes very low level of care to keep in working order: http://j.mp/dl2XsB

Sunday, 9th May, 2:24 AM
RT @hilittle: Excellent: RT @resultsjunkie: LOVE this article! Nothing missing. @morville is #brilliant Ubiquitous Service Design http:/ ...

Sunday, 9th May, 2:18 AM
RT @deanzilla: RT @uxs: Google Drawings Wireframing Kit http://bit.ly/bZpebp #ux #webdesign

Sunday, 9th May, 2:16 AM
RT @deanzilla: #design, #innovation, and #growth are linked: http://bit.ly/bgdV0l /via @danklyn and @semanticwill

Sunday, 9th May, 2:13 AM
RT @8x3h: Take another view after reading "The iPad is just a big iPhone. Isn't it?": http://bit.ly/dCkRjs #ux #ipad #iphone #usability

Sunday, 9th May, 2:01 AM
RT @Alyssa_Milano: #Facebook tries to make violations of Terms of Use into crimes: http://j.mp/beUdxF #socialweb #law #data #api

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Usability week ending February 28th

Friday, 26th February, 4:22 PM
The laws of prägnanz (pithiness) say we order our experience in a way that's regular, orderly, symmetric, and simple: http://j.mp/bPcwrW #ux

Friday, 26th February, 2:49 PM
If elements of an interface are ambiguous, behaviour should be what will least astonish the user: http://j.mp/bKjqei #ux #usability #pola

Thursday, 25th February, 3:40 PM
Bringing user centered #design to the #agile environment: http://j.mp/bl4oln #ucd #ux #development #scrum

Thursday, 25th February, 11:07 AM
Is this obvious? Let’s make 2010 the year of common sense user experience: http://j.mp/b5xTBV #usability #ux #ui #design #webdesign

Wednesday, 24th February, 11:40 AM
"The All New Yahoo! eFail Client" -- when web mail stops being usable, users get irate: http://j.mp/ct44EC #ux #usability @yahoo #gmail

Tuesday, 23rd February, 1:07 PM
#Simplicity is easy to describe but difficult to achieve, especially when there are other people in your life: http://j.mp/bSR58X #declutter

Monday, 22nd February, 5:20 PM
Transform your software #design process into an objective, deliberate activity that furthers commerce: http://j.mp/9VSIMb #ia #ux

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iA's "What’s Next in Web Design?"

Technology often develops from primitive to complicated to simple. The web develops faster and more client focussed than traditional technologies. Web development is cheaper, more flexible and most importantly: everyone can contribute to its development. In concrete terms: Better interaction design, less graphic design. Better user experience, less debates about taste. Faster technology, more reliable design standards.
via informationarchitects.jp

iA predicts the future of web design by looking at What's Needed. After 15+ years of web design, you'd imagine some of this would be taken for granted, but then again, look at magazines...

Simplicity. iA points out most sites are still too hard to use. In our web design profession, we sometimes forget the users who think "screenshot" means taking a picture of the computer with their camera. Sites need to focus on a rational business model, simplify to do it well, and be approachable for non-insiders.

Speed. Physical interfaces offer instant feedback. Flipping through People magazine is far faster using paper than online. Web sites need to be designed for fewer clicks with less latency. Using them needs to feel fluid. iPhone apps such as Tweetie 2 are getting there.

Beauty. User experience isn't the skin, it's the interface. Designers need to work more on interaction style than visual style—less on what the CEO wants and more on what the end user needs.

Applying these, iA sees trends towards getting design out of the way and unifying user interfaces, through tools such as standardized web fonts, grid layouts, and UI libraries such as jQuery.