#29355
In Search of Salience: A Response-Time and Eye-Movement Analysis of Bookmark Recognition
Describes the effect of bookmark naming on bookmark recognition. The purpose is to provide empirically-determined guidelines for web producers on how to title pages in order to optimise the recognition of bookmarks by users, and increase the rate of revisitation to their websites.
Poole, Alex. Alex Poole (2005). Articles>Information Design>Usability>Web Browsers
#33199
The words 'click here for...' and 'click here to...' serve no purpose within links. Unfortunately, many news sites still use them. According to Google, 'click here' is on about 8,970 pages at sptimes.com alone.
Ashby-Kuhlman, Nathan. ashbykuhlman.net (2002). Articles>Web Design>Information Design>Usability
#33200
Essential Navigation Checklists for Web Design
These checklists pull together best practice in the disciplines of information design, usability and accessibility, into an easy to apply format. If you are already familiar with those topics, the checklists serve as a handy reminder that is easy to refer to and apply when planning navigation. If unfamiliar it's also a fast-track lesson - providing you with a head-start in getting it right and enables you to make better informed choices / compromises.
Eleniak, Marta. SitePoint (2003). Articles>Web Design>Information Design>Usability
#33202
How Google Manages its Home Page
An average person can deal with only 7-10 choices on a web page, according to Google research. That's why it's so hard to get a link on the Google home page.
McGovern, Gerry. New Thinking (2005). Articles>Web Design>Information Design>Usability
#33417
Usability and Maintainability: Navigable Information
This post is part of a series on usability and maintainability. At first, meeting the needs of content consumers through usability can seem at odds with meeting needs of technical communicators through maintainability. My purpose in these posts is to discuss how technical communication best practices can satisfy both needs. I’ll use Gurak and Lannon’s usability criteria of users being able to “find what they need, understand the language, follow the instructions, and read the graphics.”
Gryphon Mountain (2008). Articles>Web Design>Information Design>Usability
#34293
Mega Drop-Down Navigation Menus Work Well
Given that regular drop-down menus are rife with usability problems, it takes a lot for me to recommend a new form of drop-down. But, as our testing videos show, mega drop-downs overcome the downsides of regular drop-downs. Thus, I can recommend one while warning against the other.
Nielsen, Jakob. Alertbox (2009). Articles>Web Design>Information Design>Usability
#34908
大きな二次元のドロップダウンパネルは、ナビゲーションの選択肢をグループ化することでスクロールの必要性を無くし、タイポグラフィやアイコン、ツールチップを使うことで、ユーザの選択できる内容をわかりやすく提示してくれる。
Nielsen, Jakob. Usability.gr.jp (2009). (Japanese) Articles>Web Design>Information Design>Usability
