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Real or Imaginary: The effectiveness of using personas in product design
The principle aim of this pilot study was to assess whether using personas as a design tool in the product development process would lead to more user-centred designs. It can be justifiably claimed at the outset that there are positive benefits associated with using the technique and this claim is evident from the analysis of the student design work, the student survey and the focus group feedback from the students and their tutors.
Zimplit
Zimplit is the easiest CMS (Content Management System) ever made.
Zimplit is extremely lightweight, simple and customizable. It's easy to install, and easy to use via a simple web interface. Zimplit consists of only one core engine file. And of course – it’s FREE.
Higher Education Web Symposium || University of Pennsylvania
The first and only web design conference for IT Professionals working in Higher Education. Join us and meet world renowned experts in the fields of usability, user centered design, CSS, AJAX and many others. Designers, Developers, and Project Managers will all be able to benefit from the content presented over the course of this busy day.
User Experience Design
Through these ten tempestuous years, I've found the infamous three circle diagram to be a great tool for explaining how and why we must strike a unique balance on each project between business goals and context, user needs and behavior, and the available mix of content.
design by committee vs design by community (things we learned from the Drupal.org project)
Many of us have suffered design by committee, which is really it's own special circle of hell, in which a group of somewhere between 3-12 (usually) stakeholders with various levels of authority (actual or effective) provide copious and detailed feedback to your designs - feedback that often conflicts either with itself, or with the objectives of the project, or just with the principles of good design.
Eye-tracking studies: more than meets the eye
Based on eye-tracking studies, we know that people tend to scan the search results in order. They start from the first result and continue down the list until they find a result they consider helpful and click it — or until they decide to refine their query.
The Site Map: An Information Architecture Cop-Out
Spending those constrained resources on the symptoms only delays the inevitable. A design cop-out usually needs continual updating, whereas fixing the root problem can nip it in the bud and release long-term resources.
Widgetbox
World's largest widget directory and gallery - web widgets for Facebook apps, Blogger, TypePad, MySpace, Wordpress and more
Don Norman's jnd.org / user advocacy and human-centered design
I argue in favor of complexity, against the simple-minded notion that things should be simple. Simplicity is boring. We want richness and depth in our lives. Moreover, the world and our activities are inherently complex, so the tools we use must match that complexity. Arguments against compexity are misplaced, i argue (see my essay "Simplicity is not the answer.") We don't want confusion, perplexity, and confusion. Thatis, we want our complex tools and activities to be understandable.
Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning
Communicating Design is for everyone who creates, uses, or approves documentation during the web design process. Covering 10 of the most common types of documents, the book walks readers through creating and presenting each deliverable. It describes the document's essential contents, tips for preparing the document, strategies for managing risk, how to structure presentation meetings, and lots of other practical advice.
The Essential Website Usability Checklist
This post is a simple 13-point usability checklist for webmasters. Ever good website must be able to answer 'yes' to each of these points. How does your site measure up?
The Five Competencies of User Experience Design
When attempting to answer the third question, I use a framework I discovered early in my career: The Five Competencies of User Experience Design. This framework comprises the competencies a UX professional or team requires. The following sections describe these five competencies, outline some questions each competency must answer, and show the groundwork and deliverables for which each competency is responsible.
Results-Based Interaction Design
Reach beyond use and usability and focus on impact by combining marketing and interaction design to improve academic website development
Five Amazing Color Palette Generators
When looking for inspiration today, it's easy to become overwhelmed with the number of choices available for generating color schemes, but here are five apps we find truly inspiring.
The 25 Most Modern Libraries in the World
These 25 libraries, in no particular order, demonstrate how libraries have become part of the cutting edge of information management, design and Web technology, and all of them can help you get some ideas on how to bring your library into the future.
For your eyes only: Custom interfaces make computer clicking faster, easier
A new approach to design, developed at the University of Washington, would put each person through a brief skills test and then generate a mathematically-based version of the user interface optimized for his or her vision and motor abilities.
Yet Another Multicolumn Layout | An (X)HTML/CSS Framework
"Yet Another Multicolumn Layout" (YAML) is an (X)HTML/CSS framework for creating modern and flexible floated layouts. The structure is extremely versatile in its programming and absolutely accessible for end users.
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