Comments on: Classic WebWord http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/03/22/classic-webword/ The usability blog of John S. Rhodes Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:06:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: AndyL http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/03/22/classic-webword/#comment-31632 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:48:06 +0000 http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/03/22/classic-webword/#comment-31632 Hmm.. I'm tired of it ------------------------------------ Need Car Insurance? Just go to http://auto.seavenue.net Hmm.. I’m tired of it

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]]> by: gruskada http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/03/22/classic-webword/#comment-12242 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:17:49 +0000 http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/03/22/classic-webword/#comment-12242 I was actually directing my comment at author of this post, but I agree with you that it's a mixed bag. Check out my blog (click on my name) for a rundown of how I feel about his article about blog usability. I'd include the link here, but everytime I try to add a link here, my post gets flagged as spam. I was actually directing my comment at author of this post, but I agree with you that it’s a mixed bag. Check out my blog (click on my name) for a rundown of how I feel about his article about blog usability. I’d include the link here, but everytime I try to add a link here, my post gets flagged as spam.

]]> by: Steve Jorgensen http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/03/22/classic-webword/#comment-12199 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 04:51:53 +0000 http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/03/22/classic-webword/#comment-12199 I hadn't been reading Neilsen except for a link or 2 from here, but since you mentioned it, I went and browed around. Mostly, I find it a really mixed bag. Some great stuff mixed in with a lot of self-aggrandisement, exaggerated findings, and selective use of statistics. On point, though, I see that Non-Standard Links was the #2 biggest user complaint in 2005 [http://www.useit.com/alertbox/designmistakes.html]. I hadn’t been reading Neilsen except for a link or 2 from here, but since you mentioned it, I went and browed around. Mostly, I find it a really mixed bag. Some great stuff mixed in with a lot of self-aggrandisement, exaggerated findings, and selective use of statistics.

On point, though, I see that Non-Standard Links was the #2 biggest user complaint in 2005 [http://www.useit.com/alertbox/designmistakes.html].

]]> by: gruskada http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/03/22/classic-webword/#comment-12159 Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:11:15 +0000 http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/03/22/classic-webword/#comment-12159 Have you been reading Neilsen, too? Have you been reading Neilsen, too?

]]> by: Steve Jorgensen http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/03/22/classic-webword/#comment-12148 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:28:50 +0000 http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/03/22/classic-webword/#comment-12148 While you're making changes to the site, how about some of the changes that should be obvious given the subject matter at hand? Personally, I feel there are some serious usability issues with it, which is a bit ironic. Note that I'm a fan of this site, so please take my comments in the spirit in which they are intended. The first point I would make is that I would have sent you a personal rather than a public comment previous to this, but there's no obvious link for doing that. Down at the bottom of the page, where you would find an e-mail link on most sites, we instead have just "WebWord is proudly powered by WordPress / Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS)." Next, even though I visit this site regularly, I still have to think twice how to read a whole article. I look for a link, and the only thing that looks like it could be such a link (i.e. it's blue) is the category, and that link is actually broken ("Error 404"). The actual link, as we now know is the article's title, but the title gives no visual indication at all that it might be a link unless one happens to roll the mouse over it. Perhaps, a little CSS tweaking is in order? While you’re making changes to the site, how about some of the changes that should be obvious given the subject matter at hand? Personally, I feel there are some serious usability issues with it, which is a bit ironic. Note that I’m a fan of this site, so please take my comments in the spirit in which they are intended.

The first point I would make is that I would have sent you a personal rather than a public comment previous to this, but there’s no obvious link for doing that. Down at the bottom of the page, where you would find an e-mail link on most sites, we instead have just “WebWord is proudly powered by WordPress / Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS).”

Next, even though I visit this site regularly, I still have to think twice how to read a whole article. I look for a link, and the only thing that looks like it could be such a link (i.e. it’s blue) is the category, and that link is actually broken (”Error 404″). The actual link, as we now know is the article’s title, but the title gives no visual indication at all that it might be a link unless one happens to roll the mouse over it. Perhaps, a little CSS tweaking is in order?

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