- Converting Search into Navigation
2013-03-16
Jakob Nielsen
nngroup.com
Most users are unable to solve even halfway complicated problems with search. Better to redirect their efforts into more supportive user interfaces when possible.
- Intranet Social Features
2013-03-02
Jakob Nielsen
nngroup.com
Employee collaboration and open communication are now business drivers in many companies, but social enterprise features are often poorly integrated with the rest of the intranet.
- Bristol Interaction and Graphics
English
United Kingdom, England, Bristol
2013-02-22
Kirsten Cater
University of Bristol
- QA (quality assurance) & UX (user experience) - Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox
2013-02-17
Jakob Nielsen
nngroup.com
Quality assurance impacts the user experience: when things don't work, users question their understanding and develop superstitions and inefficient workarounds.
- Teenage Usability: Designing Teen-Targeted Websites
2013-02-01
Jakob Nielsen
nngroup.com
Teens are (over)confident in their web abilities, but they perform worse than adults. Lower reading levels, impatience, and undeveloped research skills reduce teens' task success and require simple, relatable sites.
- Dialog Needs Improvement
English
2013-01-28
Gary Perlman
director@hcibib.org
Examples of poorly designed user dialogs.
- Thought Leadership | The Usability People
2013-01-27
The Usability People provide recruiting, job placement and User Experience (UX) consultation services.
- User-Centered Design Services in Ottawa by Hilary Little Ideation & Design
English
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa
2013-01-20
Hilary Little
Hilary Little Ideation & Design
Hilary@hilarylittle.com
Hilary Little Ideation & Design provides user experience design services for small busineses, start-ups,
bloggers, non profits and educational institutions. Based in Ottawa, Ontario, I work with clients both near
and far.
- Auto-Forwarding Carousels and Accordions Annoy Users and Reduce Visibility
2013-01-19
Jakob Nielsen
nngroup.com
The user's target was at the top of the page in 98-point font. But she failed to find it because the panel auto-rotated instead of staying still.
- Interaction Design Foundation
Denmark
2013-01-09
mads@interaction-design.org
Interaction Design Foundation
- 10 Best Intranets of 2013
2013-01-06
Jakob Nielsen
nngroup.com
Intranet team size has doubled, but companies do get something for this investment, including better-integrated social features and better information filtering. 70% of winners used SharePoint, but with extensive customization.
- Sandstorm Design: Chicago Marketing Firm, Web Design, Usability Agency
United States, Illinois, Chicago
2013-01-04
Sandstorm Design
- Translation agency "TraDos"
Ukraine, Kiev
2013-01-03
Quality translation and interpreting services in Kiev, Ukraine. Urgent official translation.
Apostille & Legalisation.
- Kindle Fire HD: Much Better Than Original Kindle Fire
2012-12-19
Jakob Nielsen
nngroup.com
Amazon's new Kindle Fire has much better usability than last year's model -- and the 7-inch tablet beats the 9-inch version.
- Intranet Users Stuck at Low Productivity
2012-12-03
Jakob Nielsen
useit.com
Although intranet design is improving, it hasn't kept pace with increased complexity in enterprise requirements, so measured usability is down slightly.