usability


10,000 Words: Friday Roundup: This week in visualization

Friday, 5 November 2010, 18:24

"Jakob Nielsen, posted research (and sick visuals) this week showing that users pay close attention to web photos and images that contain relevant information but ignore stock photos and other purely decorative fluff. … "

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10,000 Words: Friday Roundup: This week in visualization

Friday, 5 November 2010, 18:24

"Jakob Nielsen, posted research (and sick visuals) this week showing that users pay close attention to web photos and images that contain relevant information but ignore stock photos and other purely decorative fluff. … "

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Nieman Reports: Digital Natives: Following Their Lead on a Path to a New Journalism

Saturday, 27 December 2008, 07:47

Ronald A. Yaros: "[I]t is reasonable to believe that the digital natives are leading the way—and are way ahead of news organizations. This belief is based on three predictable phases when new technology is adopted: (1) Awareness and exploration of the new technological tools (2) Learning how to use the new tools (3) Applying these new tools to daily life. … the industry is perhaps at the threshold of phase two."

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That Danny!: Three-click rule defunct, says Nielsen Norman usability group

Sunday, 16 November 2008, 23:25

"The rule that Internet veterans have sworn by for years, that a website should be designed so that a user finds their content within three clicks is not a valid principle, Hoa Loranger told the audience at the NNG usability workshop in Amsterdam."

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 Saturday, 26 April 2008, 08:57 0

"Thou shalt not scroll once was a primary tenet of Web design. …" No more?

 Sunday, 27 May 2007, 18:11 0

"People like to bookmark things. They like to e-mail links to their friends and work colleagues. This is Online Usability 101, folks: Use permanent URLs."