#usability (301 links)
devoted to helping designers understand what design practices are currently in use on the Web—and aims to gather research about the usability of commonly-employed design practices.
- OpenUsability:Welcome openusability.org
There are many Usability Experts who want to contribute to software projects. And there are many developers who want to make their software more usable, and - as a consequence - more successful.
The importance of subtle clues to indicate change
- The ways to style visited links webdesign.maratz.com
The goal of the MTA is to provide an automated, accessible, degradable method for both users and developers to manage lists in web applications.
Each of these patterns (which are more general) and techniques (more specific) are intended to help you solve design problems.
- Web Standards Group - Ten Questions for Joe Clark webstandardsgroup.org
- Oh What A Feature: Functional Usability of Web Content Management Systems | EContentmag.com econtentmag.com
"Here in Part II, I'll examine usability through the lens of system functionality. What does it mean to have a usable workflow? Can a "Help" subsystem make up for the inevitable gaps in user training and understanding? How can authors find what they need?
- What is information architecture? steptwo.com.au
Discusses the evolution of the discipline and provides a 9-step guide for how to create an effective information architecture.
- Usability testing without a budget | 456 Berea Street 456bereastreet.com
You can squeeze in a low budget, quick and basic test anyway, which is much better than not testing at all.
- what comes to mind : Enhanced Form Widgets jacobrask.net
Sometimes you really need to change the appearance of those little annoying radiobuttons and checkboxes
- The Form Assembly formassembly.com
The Form Builder is a tool for creating standard compliant web forms. It integrates the wForms extension and relies on a set of technologies like XML, XMLHttpRequest, XSLT and DOM (a.k.a Ajax) to provide a seamless single-screen experience.
Small script to easily display hover tool tips
In essence, a text-only alternative to wireframes.
resizable textareas
- Access Matters ‽ Blog Archive ‽ Quiz 2.4.2: Now you see me, now you don%u2019t access-matters.com · Archived on
Skip links help people other than just the blind. People who can’t use a mouse have to navigate another way, often with the TAB key.
- Applying Usability Principles to Your CMS | EContentmag.com econtentmag.com
"In conference rooms around the world, authors are standing up and declaring, 'Our CMS tool sucks!'" No shit.
- The Fade Anything Technique axentric.com
- v0.9.3 Web Developer Extension on chrispederick.com chrispederick.com
Newer version than on Moz Update
Material aimed at the new web designer or the web designer new to working with web standards.
- Functional Spec Tutorial :: What and Why mojofat.com
Even if it looks great at a glance, the color scheme doesn't work if many visitors can't easily find crucial information, use whatever services are offered, and effectively navigate the site.
First edition, published February 1998 by Louis Rosenfeld and Peter Morville, O'Reilly
- Gov.uk web sites get thumbs up for usability | The Register theregister.co.uk
Refers to new report (tagged "precedent")
- JavaScript Triggers: A List Apart alistapart.com
- Precedent | report details precedent.co.uk
Third Annual Report into Key Government Web sites
- LukeW: Web Application Form Design lukew.com
Very, very useful. "Not all Web applications use forms consistently. Variations in the alignment of input fields, their respective labels, calls to action, and their surrounding visual elements can support or impair different aspects of user behavior."
- Digital Web Magazine - Accessibility From The Ground Up digital-web.com
Next year, the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative will release Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0.
- Guidelines for Accessible and Usable Web Sites: Observing Users Who Work With Screen Readers redish.net · Archived on
Conducting usability testing with people with disabilities, specifically blind and lowvision users
Discuss and see how we can use Javascript, but still maintain accessibility.
- UXnet Home uxnet.org
User Experience (UX) is an emerging field concerned with improving the design of anything people experience
- sorttable: Make all your tables sortable kryogenix.org
- 43 Folders: Five Mistakes Band & Label Sites Make 43folders.com
- Javascript - Usable forms quirksmode.org