UsabilityOne regularly tests websites where the information architecture reflects a business structure and overuses internal terminology. This can be detrimental to the usability of your web site. When confronted with a business structure and terminology only relevant to your organisation’s staff, users are often left quite lost. Read full article.
Whilst we’d love for all labels and links on web pages to be as correct as possible, sometimes it’s better to sacrifice correctness for better navigation. Read full article.
Scannable web content allows a user to make a decision within a split second – without having to read the text ‘word for word’. This decision comes from the ability to immediately assess a screen of information, to either seek out more of the same, or point to a direction of potential interest. Read full article.
Usability Articles
We’re always reading articles from around the globe about the latest issues relating to usability, web analytics and web design. Below are a few that caught our eye over the last months:
When is Usability More Important than SEO?
Stoney deGeyter has written an interesting article weighing up the relative importance of usability and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). He finishes with “So, when is usability more important than SEO? Almost always.” Read full article.
Web 2.0 Can Be Dangerous...
Along the same lines of our 2007 November Newsletter article AJAX and Usability, Jakob Nielsen expresses the importance of caution with respect to incorporating Web 2.0 concepts without carefully considering usability. Read Full Article.
