UX Blog » best practice http://uxblog.co.uk The UX blog/tweet dump of User Experience specialist Barry Briggs Fri, 18 May 2012 16:30:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Giving users some credithttp://uxblog.co.uk/2010/09/07/giving-users-some-credit-http/ http://uxblog.co.uk/2010/09/07/giving-users-some-credit-http/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:24:49 +0000 Barry http://uxblog.co.uk/2010/09/07/giving-users-some-credit-http/ Giving users some credit

http://bit.ly/d1F11l via @computerlovers

Great article about dangers of blindly sticking to old best practices

#ux

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http://is.gd/engOf

from @sixrevisions #ux

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http://bit.ly/co7Bod

(via @UXTweets)

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http://is.gd/dy6CJ

from @gerrymcgovern

It’s rude to ask your customers too much, too soon. Some great insights.

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http://bit.ly/9TNAaB

(by @boagworld via @richardsedley)

Great examples of functionality to improve #ux in forms

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http://is.gd/dlmVh

Some really interesting findings from @cxpartners

#ux

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http://bit.ly/dczT87

(from cxpartners.co.uk via @jamesbarley)

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http://bit.ly/9o1MTe

(via @Pod1)

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http://bit.ly/cbFdYI

(from @usabilitycounts)

Valid points with amusing examples

#ux

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http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1128

#userexperience

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http://bit.ly/3OH0O0

(via @UXBooth)

Haven’t come up against this recently but am bound to at some point. This post manages to describe in short, succinct terms why click-counting is a nonsense metric in the modern web.

I particularly like this example, which for me sums up the entire debate:

Say I’m going on holiday and need a travel insurance quote. I go to the homepage of my current bank and have the choice between Personal banking and Business banking on the main menu:

Click 1 - Personal banking. The page loads and I see a link for Insurance.
Click 2 – Insurance. The Insurance page loads and I have the choice between Home, Car, Life and Travel.
Click 3 – Travel insurance. On this page there’s a big brightly colored button that says ‘Get a quote’.
Click 4 – Get a quote.

Those four clicks take very little effort, they are easy clicks. I’m happy with the process because each decision is simple.

Nicely put.

Another great article from David Hamill :)

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http://tinyurl.com/34opywf

(via @howdomedia)

Big #ux job at it’s core :)

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http://bit.ly/9ZsQrO

from @econsultancy #ux

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http://is.gd/c8LuJ

from @nytimes

Longer than the U.S. constitution!

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http://bit.ly/cVuH1t

(from @Econsultancy via @Pod1) #ux

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http://bit.ly/alj7hu

(via @UXTweets)

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(from @NNgroup)

Summary: http://is.gd/c4okC

Full report: http://www.nngroup.com/reports/mobile/ipad/

Apps too linear, ignoring established #ux conventions

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http://bit.ly/b3HdPR

via @UXTweets

Well considered set of points, always worth remembering.

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http://ow.ly/1fLLH

#ux #usability #ui #userresearch #research #ui #ai #testing

(from @iheartusers)

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http://bit.ly/4Yzbik

(via @UXTweets)

Obvious maybe, but always worth reiterating #ux

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