I recently carried out some remote user testing using my firm’s video conferencing facilities. Usually when I do remote testing, I phone the test participant and proxy on to their screen to see what they are doing. That’s easy to do, but of course you can’t see their facial expressions. This time we’d thought we’d […]
Continue reading →You can imagine the scene in the boardroom – “We want to sell more stuff on the internet – Let’s brainstorm – who sells lots of stuff on the internet? Amazon does! So let’s just copy them…” A shop like GAK should know better than to mess with the intellectual property of a giant like […]
Continue reading →Now, I’m quite sceptical when it come to Apple computers. Fans of Apple usually claim that they are easier to use than Windows PCs, and some people I know who’ve never even used one also repeat these same received truths (Kudos to the Apple marketing department!). However, I’m not aware of any serious peer-reviewed research […]
Continue reading →Basic guidelines for style and colour of links.
Continue reading →In 2010 I’d never thought I’d still need to persuade people not to write ‘click here’ links. So here we go again…
Continue reading →5 tips on how to write a good hyperlink (it’s more difficult than you think!).
Continue reading →If you emphasise something only by a change of colour, the meaning could easily be lost… Here’s how to make your emphasis robust.
Continue reading →India’s 2 rupee coin shows an image of two fingers as well as the number 2 – essential in rural areas with low literacy levels.
Continue reading →Site navigation not obvious enough? Why not use the traditional UI design method of slapping a great big pop-out chameleon on your site! People tend to notice that…
Continue reading →There is a misunderstanding that accessibility only benefits blind people or disabled people in general, but in reality, most of the people who end up benefiting are not officially disabled.
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