• 6 Ways to Fix a Confused Information Architecture (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
  When your website's users consistently go to the wrong sections, you have many options for getting users back on track, from better labels to clearer structure....
  In analyzing 56 intranets, we found many common top-level categories, labels, and navigation designs, but ultimately, the diversity was too great to recommend a single IA.
  architecture categories enterprise information intranet intranets labels links navigation personali quick quicklinks structure
  with usability websites users consistently wrong sections options track by 5 users
• About section page template
  is a collection of forms, checklists and other useful documents for conducting usability tests and user interviews.
  with usability collection forms checklists documents conducting tests user by 6 users
• Accessibility and usability for all (Mercurytide)
  Usability is like oxygen — you never notice it until it is missing…
  A paper discussing how the needs of all users must be addressed, including the varying level of computer literacy and competence. It is conjectured that building sites which address the specific needs of these audiences will benefit the general public as a whole.
  with usability oxygen notice by 2 users
• Accessibility testing with Style
  a tool to check the accessibility of Web pages accoridng to the specification Web Content Accessibility Guidelines(WCAG 1.0). HERA performs a preliminary set of tests on the page and identifies any automatically detectable errors or checkpoints met, and which checkpoints need further manual verification...
  with usability tool accessibility web pages accoridng specification guidelines by 5 users
• Anecdote: Why people don't use collaboration tools
  David Pollard offered for anyone on the net to join him is a joint collaboration project using Writely. The topic: Why are conversation and collaboration tools so underused?
  with usability david pollard offered anyone net joint collaboration by 4 users
• F-Shaped Pattern For Reading Web Content (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
  Eyetracking visualisations - F-Shaped Pattern For Reading Web Content
  Eyetracking visualizations show that users often read Web pages in an F-shaped pattern: two horizontal stripes followed by a vertical stripe.
  behavior content engine eyetracking online page reading research results scanning search serp web
  with usability eyetracking visualisations f-shaped pattern reading web by 11 users
• JeffCroft.com: Portfolio & résumé
  Jeff Croft on Web Design, Development, Django, Python and Accessibility
  with usability jeff croft web design development django python by 4 users
• Mercurytide - News
  Several awesome essays / articles / white papers on Web development, Patterns, Web 2.0, AJAX and more ...
  Mercurytide — web site, application and software development
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  with usability essays articles white papers web development patterns by 7 users
• Recordings | Webstock Web Conference
  all the recordings from Webstock
  with usability recordings webstock by 5 users
• Sample chapter from Don't Make Me Think
  Why are things always in the last place you look for them? ... How we REALLY use the Web ... If you want to design effective Web pages, though, you have to learn to live with three facts about real-world Web use...
  Read a sample chapter from Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Steve Krug, New Ryders, November 2000).
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  with usability things always last place web design effective by 4 users
• The web standards war is far from over - Robert’s talk
  Lately, and especially evident in the beginning of the summer after the @media conference, people proclaimed that the war of web standards is won and that we should move on to focus on other things. Let me please say that the war is so far from over....
  with usability lately especially evident beginning summer media conference by 2 users
• UIE Brain Sparks » Blog Archive » Do Links Need Underlines?
  about whether it makes a difference if links are underlined or not
  with usability makes difference underlined by 6 users
• Usability News - 5.2 2003 -- Breadcrumb Navigation: Further Investigation of Usage
  Breadcrumb Navigation: Further Investigation of Usage - back button ist the 2. most used navigational element on a web page ...
  with usability breadcrumb navigation investigation usage button ist navigational by 4 users
• Usability test software tool: Excel data logger
  Most people use Microsoft Excel to analyse the results of usability tests, but did you know you can use it to collect the data too? This spreadsheet allows you to measure task completion rates, analyse questionnaire data, and summarise participant comments. It even includes a timer so you can measure time-on-task.
  The Usability Test Data Logger allows you to measure task completion rates, analyse questionnaire data, and summarise participant comments.
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  with usability people microsoft excel analyse results tests data by 3 users
• Web Accessibility, SEO, & Usability Testing & Consulting Company
  Web Accessibility, SEO, & Usability Testing & Consulting
  Search engine optimization (SEO),Web accessibility & usability testing to increase the effectiveness of your web site.
  accessibility company consulting design engine optimization search seo services site testing usability web
  with usability web accessibility seo testing consulting by 4 users
• Weblog Usability: Top Ten Design Mistakes in Blogs (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
  Blogs are often too internally focused and ignore key usability issues, making it hard for new readers to understand the site and trust the author. Weblogs are a form of website. The thousands of normal website usability guidelines therefore apply to them, as do this year's top ten design mistakes. But weblogs are also a special genre of website; they have unique characteristics and thus distinct usability problems. One of a weblog's great benefits is that it essentially frees you from "Web design." ...
  Weblogs are often too internally focused and ignore key usability issues, making it hard for new readers to understand the site and trust the author.
  about author bio biography blog blogs content design headlines linking links navigation photos usability weblog writing
  with usability blogs internally focused ignore key making hard by 13 users

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