UIEtips 11/14/06: The Freedom of Fast Iterations: How Netflix Designs a Winning Web Site

In today’s article, Josh Porter describes one aspect of Netflix’s culture responsible for their success: Fast iterations. Because they are constantly trying new ideas, they can quickly outmaneuver their competition and stay ahead of the game..

Earlier this month, the New York Times Technology Writer, David Pogue, wrote a fine little review of Apple’s iPod Shuffle.

Here’s what he said…

UIEtips 11/10/06: Discovering Web App Structure: A Discussion with Hagan Rivers

UIE’s Jared Spool recently managed to get a little of Hagan River’s time to discuss her newly published report about finding a web application’s structure.

UIEtips 11/7/06: Five Usability Challenges of Web-Based Applications

In this article, Jared talks about five usability challenges that web-app designers face. While these are not unique to web apps, designers will find themselves dealing with problems and constraints they’ll rarely see other places.

The UIE Web App Summit is less than three months away. World-class speakers from organizations like Yahoo!, Flickr, Netflix, H&R Block, and eBay, will be attending and presenting on today’s most critical issues surrounding web applications.
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UIEtips 10/31/06: Visible Narratives: Understanding Visual Organization

In this article, Luke discusses how the arrangement of visual elements in a web application can coerce users to evaluate the content and interactions you want them to see most.

UIEtips 10/26/06: iHotelier: Demonstrating the Potential of Flash for Web App Design

UIE’s Christine Perfetti discusses Flash’s potential for creating sleek, sophisticated, and interactive web applications, using iHotelier as a real-world example. I find the issues presented in the article still prevalent today, and believe you will too.