Posts Tagged ‘Quicklink’

Bad error messages

Writing error messages is very hard if you check the list of error screenshots collected on the iarchitect page from Isys IA Inc.

My personal favorites is generated by Lotus notes: Mail engine: no error.

Some useful guidelines for printing error messages can be found on the Cranky Users article: could you repeat that in English, or the guidelines for error messages from Norman Nielsens’ alertbox.

For all the sceptical out there

Apple’s new professional Mac is a better deal than a top-flight Dell PC, according to Associated Press.

A Dell representative confirmed the price comparison, saying: “The results were a bit surprising to me, too. But it is what it is.”

Mac Pro better deal than Dell

Clickstream Study Reveals Dynamic Web – fast web navigation in browser study heatmaps

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 fast loading web pages to keep pace with the speed of web navigation.

WebSiteOptimization.com

Usability Guidelines for CMS

Openusability.org is hosting a Wiki project with usability guidelines for creating a CMS. Not all content is available yet but it looks promising.

The Everyday Information Architecture Pool on Flickr

Flickr: The Everyday Information Architecture Pool

Everyday Information Architecture

The Task Analysis Grid

A great post and download by Todd Warfel about mixing personas with tasks and requirements: The Task Analysis Grid.
Another result of the ongoing discussion about business needs vs personas.

Net neutrality and blocked website

Net Neutrality prevents companies like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast from deciding which websites will work, based on who they are affiliated with. If something is not done, web hosting providers, and developers, will have a harder time getting their content online and making their mark on their targeted audience.

The effects of a “Gated Internet” on small business and the web hosting industry | evolt.org

Netscape hacked

Some digger didn’t like the idea of letting Netscape getting away with it: Home Page » Netscape.com. Here is the link of the post with the JavaScript, funny.

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My name is Len Dierickx and this is my personal blog. I studied Musicology at the UG, long time ago but got more and more into webdevelopment. I started this blog because the EuroIA summit in Brussels (Belgium, Oct 2005), was such an inspiration. And I was thinking about a blog on IA a while now, so that was the extra kick I needed to get it actually done.

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