Category Archives: Usability

Candid accessibility post from Google engineer Steve Yegge

by Dave Posted on October 12, 2011

Steve Yegge, a software engineer at Google, accidentally posted a very candid and eloquent rant on Google’s internal platform and accessibility challenges. Intended for internal eyes at Google, he posted this on Google+, making it public by accident. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in Development, Google, Software, Technology, Usability | Tagged accessibility, Google, platforms | 2 Comments

Mobile publishing options today

by Dave Posted on October 3, 2011

Publishers these days have several options to deliver their content to people using mobile devices. Some are more elegant than others, but most all publishers fall into one or more of these categories: 1. Do nothing. 2. Build a separate … Continue reading →

Posted in Browsers, Design, Development, Mobile, Usability, Web design | Tagged Design, Mobile, publishing | Comments Off

Photoshop toolbar evolution

by Dave Posted on December 24, 2008

This is an eye-opening example of how software can become bloated over time. These images represent around 10 years of Adobe software development. It’s ironic to me that the earlier toolbars appear more user-friendly than the new ones. I suspect … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Software, Usability | Tagged Design, feature creep, photoshop, software bloat, UI, Usability, user experience, user interface, ux | 6 Comments

A List Apart industry survey

by Dave Posted on July 30, 2008

A List Apart is posting their second annual survey for “people who make websites.” The results from last year were very interesting. If you are somehow involved in designing, developing, writing, producing, or managing websites, I encourage you to participate … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Development, Software, Technology, Usability, Web design, Writing | Tagged a list apart, survey, web survey | Comments Off

Mobile search

by Dave Posted on July 25, 2008

We’ve gotten very good at finding what we’re looking for online. Ever since the early days of AltaVista, Lycos and DogPile we’ve become experts at finding Thai restaurants in Hoboken, NJ and singing telegrams in Anchorage, AK. Just type a … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Hardware, Mobile, Software, Usability | Tagged Google, iPhone, Mobile, search, sms | Comments Off

Paper prototyping

by Dave Posted on July 12, 2008

When I first started exploring web design and journalism nearly 10 years ago I thought paper prototyping was silly. Paper…really? Web design was beyond paper, I scoffed. I used the cutting-edge design tools like Photoshop 5 that actually let me … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Usability, Web design | Tagged moleskine, notebooks, paper prototyping, prototype, Web design | 10 Comments

Firefox 3 “find” UI blunder?

by Dave Posted on June 19, 2008

I was searching for words within a page today using the new Firefox 3 on a Mac when I ran into what looks like a bizarre user interface blunder. The “Next” and “Previous” buttons to find your search term on … Continue reading →

Posted in Browsers, Software, Usability | Tagged browser, Design, firefox3, mozilla, Software, UI, user interface | 10 Comments

FireFox 3 upgrade for Mac

by Dave Posted on June 17, 2008

I just finished upgrading to FireFox 3.0 and so far the good outweighs the bad. Some things I noticed immediately are the bookmarks in my toolbar are completely rearranged and outdated. Several of my bookmark folders were simply replaced by … Continue reading →

Posted in Browsers, Software, Usability | Tagged browser, FireFox, firefox3, mozilla | 4 Comments

Decentralize me, please.

by Dave Posted on June 5, 2008

Our content is becoming decentralized…and we love it. Most bloggers I know are tangled up in multiple social networks, photo sharing sites, messaging services, networking sites, bookmarking platforms and a plethora of addictive attention-grabbing web services. The concept of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Communication, Social Networking, Technology, Usability | Tagged Blogging, del.icio.us, facebook, flickr, linkedin, open social, openid, social networks | Comments Off

An Event Apart 2008 – New Orleans

by Dave Posted on April 27, 2008

Wow. I have been drinking from the fire hose of information for the past two days here in New Orleans at An Event Apart. The conference was organized by Jeffery Zeldman and Eric Meyer and according to the website: “Their … Continue reading →

Posted in Browsers, Design, Development, Technology, Usability, Web design | Tagged aeanola08, An Event Apart, barcampnola, new orleans, nola | 2 Comments

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Category Archives: Usability

Candid accessibility post from Google engineer Steve Yegge

Mobile publishing options today

Photoshop toolbar evolution

A List Apart industry survey

Mobile search

Paper prototyping

Firefox 3 “find” UI blunder?

FireFox 3 upgrade for Mac

An Event Apart 2008 – New Orleans

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