Archive for 2005

Bill Scott on Mouse Hover

A neat article that shows how mouse hovers have real power in a web interface. They still suffer from some classic problems, but those can be overcome.

Reader Poll: What Tools Do You Use?

Jared asks our readers: What tools do you use to produce quality user experience results?

Where Design Catches Up To Reality TV

Phillips has a new lab that feels like it’s modelled after the TV show Big Brother

DUX Redux: UX is growing up fast

The DUX 2005 conference was a gathering of 425 user experience practitioners, all hoping to learn more about their craft. Unfortunately, the conference hasn’t evolved nearly as fast as the field has.

Front page: IT Enquirer

Jared finds himself on the front page of the IT Enquirer.

Creatures of Convention

Jared stops to ponder the role of convention and how it relates to web design.

Great Yahoo Maps Example

Josh senses another watershed moment for online mapping after seeing an amazing example of the new Yahoo Maps beta in action.

Josh Speaks at NEAssist on 11/15

Josh will be speaking on Web 2.0 at the New England Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology event on 11/15.

Client in need of Spanish Usability Testing

We have a client (a major US travel-services brand) that is looking for some help with conducting Spanish language usability tests. They would like the tests to be in the US with Spanish speaking participants (where Spanish is their first language and they likely speak it at home). If you know of a lab, facilitator, [...]

What UI10 Attendees Are Reading

At the UI10 conference, our bookseller brought all of the latest books on usability, product development, web design, development techniques, and user interface design. Christine Perfetti shares the most popular topics.