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Ambient Signifiers — “We can draw parallels between transport networks and their passengers, and websites and their users: both can be complex structures; both have navigable routes and destinations; and both can involve large groups of people using routes with the aid of wayfinding tools.”
UserVue Remote User Experience Research — “UserVue™ (formerly the Astoria Project) […]

Website Usability - You Can’t Get There From Here — “Usability can encompass many different facets. How easy is it to navigate through the website? Are search engine crawlers able to successfully find and index site pages? What paths do you want customers to take through the site? How up-to-date is content?”
Before search, Government agencies […]

I saw a show on the CBS Sunday Morning show today called Cutting Through Advertising Clutter. There were a number of very interesting comments made that’ll share with you in a moment.
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This will be a meandering brain dump of ideas
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DDF.UPA China warmly invites you to User Friendly 2006 for 3 days, bringing together usability practitioners, designers and technologists from across China and internationally.
Date: 3-5 Nov 2006
Venue: Dragon Hotel, Hangzhou.
Language: English with Chinese translation
Related:
User Friendly 2004 - Beijing
User Friendly 2005 - Shanghai

I’m not going to Go Pink for October but maybe you should. Why am I not going pink? Well, I have enough trouble just keeping WebWord running on a good day. If I try to make changes, it would certainly be total chaos.
 

I’ve been tossing an idea around in my head for several weeks now. It goes like this.
Supposedly, virtually all technological innovation is driven by porn. Well, not exactly. All exploitation of technology is usually done first by pornographers. They make money if they can more efficiently sell sex. The conclusion is simple for businesses. If […]

“A new browser study revealed a shift in how we interact with the Web. University of Hamburg researchers found the Web moving from static hypertext information to dynamic interactive services. Clickstream heatmaps and web page statistics show rapid interaction over smaller areas of the screen. The authors recommend that web developers create concise, flexible, and […]

“If we feel for the people we design for—we will do what is in their best interest.  And that is being a compassionate designer.”
Get out of the office, Talk to people, Be curious, Do what they do…

“As the amount of content and diversity of applications available over the Web grows exponentially, unyielding progress for most is a new roadblock for others. A growing number of Canadians with vision impairments, counting over one million, are being left behind, as the next-generation Web takes flight.”
Is accessibility for vision-impaired web users getting worse?

“Paper will always be a better “solution” for some people. It’s flexible, familiar, and portable. So treat the paper as another part of the user experience, design for it, and make it as usable as your electronic equivalent. You’ll never win everyone over.”
Find out why your online form isn’t getting used…

 
“The results show that participants found more usability problems and made more suggestions to an interviewer who was a member of the same (Indian) culture than to the foreign (Anglo-American) interviewer. The results of the study empirically establish that culture significantly affects the efficacy of structured interviews during international user testing. The implications of this […]