UIEtips 8/07/06: The Quiet Death of the Major Re-Launch

Every week, dozens of sites launch major redesigns, only to see them fail to accomplish their objectives. The best sites have a better strategy: incremental change.

Apparently, the overwhelming response we’ve had to this year’s User Interface Conference has sold out the Cambridge Marriott, where we’re holding the conference.

UIEtips 7/11/06: Building and Managing a Successful User Experience Team

UIE’s Christine Perfetti recently interviewed Sarah Bloomer and Susan Wolfe, two premier User Experience experts, to discuss how organizations can make their UX practices a success.

UIEtips 6/28/06: Where Visual Design Meets Usability - An Interview with Luke Wroblewski, Part II

In the second part of his interview, Joshua Porter catches up with Luke Wroblewski about the intersection between visual design and web site usability. Here is what Luke had to say.

UIEtips 6/22/06: Where Visual Design Meets Usability - An Interview with Luke Wroblewski, Part I

Joshua Porter catches up with Luke Wroblewski about the intersection between visual design and web site usability. Here is what Luke had to say.

UIEtips 6/8/06: UIE’s Interview with Gerry McGovern

Gerry McGovern discusses how most organizations aren’t focusing enough on the customer. Their cultures are inwardly-focused and so their web sites are as well.

UIEtips 5/23/06: Web Navigation is About Moving Forward

The primary purpose of web navigation is to help people to move forward. It is not to tell them where they have been, or where they could have gone.

The UI11 Spotlight Plenary speaker, Barry Schwartz, was recently featured in this NPR story, talking about the Mechanics of Choice.

Luke Wroblewski, one of the designers we learn a tremendous amount from, recently brought up a great point about the role of designers.

“As analysts and representatives of end user requirements, designers are in a perfect place to reposition a “problem” (or market opportunity -if you prefer) to reflect the perspective of the customer. So instead of describing the problem from the standpoint of business goals, designers articulate it by outlining what it means for the end user of a product: the customer.”

UIEtips 4/13/06: Prioritizing Design Time: A Long Tail Approach

Does your homepage get too much attention from the design team or other parts of your organization? We find that is often the case. With a little help from The Long Tail, Josh finds ample evidence to suggest that other parts of your site might be more worthy of attention.