Tag: usability
A Study of the Sign Up Process
I love this examination of the “onboarding” process… meaning how to convince users to sign up. An examination of the Ashley Madison website signup process shows how the user is lead to believe they have …
Microsoft Office Offers No Help
Hey Microsoft Office, thanks for the help… NOT! It says “Please use the search box to tell us what you’re looking for and we’ll do our best to find an answer”. Do YOU see any …
Mistakes in the Medical Industry with EHR
I find this facinating: deaths-by-medical-mistakes-hit-records “Many of these reports also showed a source of erroneous data, and the three most commonly reported sources were failure to change a default value, user-entered values being …
Usability Test Question Examples
Using this as a reminder the next time I perform usability testing. I too often focus on just the task at hand. http://blog.usabilitytools.com/16-tasks-screenshot-click-testing-proven-track-record/
User Experience vs. Design
Borrowed from an article about landing pages at Unbounce: http://unbounce.com/landing-pages/7-ux-principles-building-higher-converting-landing-pages/?utm_content=buffera34d5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Email Signup Form that I Don’t Mind
The reason I don’t mind this email signup form is because of it’s location and unobtrusiveness. I hate any form that 100% covers the screen in the middle of me reading your content. REALLY? You …
Skype Installation Usability (UI) Problem
Shame on you Skype, for your messy code that obscures part of my installation process. I wonder what options I was missing under that obstruction. Better not have been the opt-in for more emails part! …
Pull Down Menu Inspiration
I love the look of this pull down menu. Keeping this link to try it on my next web design project. The menu features big block style buttons with an old 80’s style color-block feeling, except …
Customizing the Editor
It feels good to me when I take the time to customize my client’s editor. It is difficult to edit web pages as an end user when the styles of the website are not applied …