VISIT LINK: What Makes Them Click – Applying Psychology to Understand How People Think, Work, and Relate
VISIT LINK: Myth #29: People are rational People don’t make purely rational decisions based on careful analysis of cost and expected utility, despite what classical economics taught us. (tags: ux psychology usability design webdesign myth myths rational irrational …)
Increase conversion rate through A/B and multiple variatons testings VISIT LINK: Google Website Optimizer (tags: analysis analytics blogging business conversion free seo performance optimizer optimization marketing google testing tools usability webdesign web webdev website webtools a/b ab_testing abtesting multivariate split websiteoptimizer …)
There is no page fold WELCOME TO THE WORLD WIDE WEB, AN INTERACTIVE MEDIUM IN WHICH SCREEN RESOLUTION STATISTICS ARE TRIVIAL, BROWSER VIEWPORTS ARE VARIABLE, AND SCROLLING BEHAVIOUR IS A STANDARD. THERE IS NO PAGE FOLD. LOVE YOUR SCROLLBAR (tags: client web design webdesign webdev fun internet cool funny inspiration development humor browser interesting humour [...]
10 User Interface Design Fundamentals It’s no great mystery that truly great user interfaces are the ones that are engineered to stay out of the way. ‘Staying out of the way’ means not distracting your users. Rather, good UIs let your users complete goals. The result? A reduction in training and support costs, and happier, [...]
Readability – makes reading on the Web more enjoyable READABILITY is a simple tool that makes reading on the Web more enjoyable by removing the clutter around what you're reading. (tags: tools web content tool internet online productivity css browser utility useful javascript bookmarks read text reading typography usability accessibility bookmarklet browsers bookmarklets readability …)
Low cost usability testing We know usability testing is a pain. It’s expensive and time-consuming. As a result, it doesn’t happen enough. That’s why we built UserTesting.com—we wanted to bridge the gap between no user testing and expensive user testing. UserTesting.com lets you "look over the shoulder" of people in your target audience while they [...]
Recreating the button – Custom buttons in Gmail These buttons just launched in Gmail yesterday, and they’ve been in Google Reader for two months now. The buttons are designed to look very similar to basic HTML input buttons. But they can handle multiple interactions with one basic design. The buttons we’re using are imageless, and [...]
A Journey Through Five Years of WordPress Interface With the recently launched WordPress 2.7, bloggers now marvel at how clean, beautiful and usable is the new interface. But do you remember what it used to be a couple of months ago? For those who started using WordPress years ago, can you remember what your admin [...]
Feedback Army – Website Feedback Service Simple, Cheap Usability Testing for Your Website. Start a usability test for your web project in two minutes. Submit questions about your site and receive up to ten responses from our reviewers. The cost is $7. (tags: software web WebDesign website development resources useful service interface usability crowdsourcing ui [...]
Google Trifecta video presentation Dubbed "The Google Trifecta," this presentation explains the key features of Google Webmaster Tools, Google Analytics, and Google Website Optimizer, and how you can use them together. We've put a recording of the session on YouTube for your viewing pleasure (tags: WebDesign webdev video google howto search seo statistics read analytics [...]
Breadcrumb NavXT Breadcrumb NavXT is a WordPress plug-in compatible with WordPress versions 2.5 and up. This plug-in generates breadcrumb navigation bars for your WordPress blog. (tags: blog blogging blogs breadcrumb breadcrumbs gui interface navigation plugin plugins seo software usability wordpress wp …)
Snap Links :: Firefox Add-ons Allows users to easily open multiple links in new tabs by drawing a box around them. Links can also be opened in new windows, new tabs on a new window, copied to clipboard, bookmarked or downloaded. (tags: add add-ons addons browser extension extensions firefox free link links mozilla multiple plugin [...]
Footers In Modern Web Design: Creative Examples and Ideas Inspirational design showcase by Smashing Magazine (tags: Portfolio WebDesign article cool css design footer footers gallery graphicdesign graphics ideas inspiration interface layout layouts reference templates tips usability web webdev …)