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Usability testing with children

Usability testing with children is similar in many respects to usability testing with adults. In order to get the most out of the sessions, and ensure the child is comfortable and happy, there are ...

How to improve your site search (...or ‘looking for jamie oliver’)

It's important to realise that there are millions of potential customers who can't spell very well. For example, a 2003 survey of the literacy (i.e. reading and writing) estimated that there were 1...

8 guidelines for usability testing

In professional web design circles, the usability testing session has become an essential component of any major project. Similar to focus groups in brand development and product launches, usabilit...

Web Code Optimization. Google does it. Yahoo! does it. Why don't you do it?

Google and Yahoo! know that speeding pages to their users is crucial. Both companies have invested millions of dollars in the server capacity and software enhancements that it takes to quickly ser...

The seven deadly sins of web design

Imagine a town with two shops that sell nearly identical merchandise, for nearly identical prices. Both shops are conveniently located in the same safe neighbourhood, clean, brightly lit and well-s...

Good Landing Page Design Tips

What is a landing page? It’s the page your website visitor arrived at after clicking a link. The link could be on any page on your website or pay per click advertising or banner ads or keyword sear...

Designing for accessibility

Making web sites accessible means opening them for a wider audience than people with vision and the ability to use the internet with a mouse and a keyboard. This is a natural process in every media...

Accessibility... The Basics.

An accessible website is one that allows as many people as possible to access the infomation contained within it. An inportant subset of accessibility is allowing people with visual, aural, or phys...

Keeping your graphics safe online

I moderate several large discussion lists, and a topic that often draws a lot of heat is whether it is possible to truly protect your images from thieves. This is an important, yet misunderstood, t...