Perpetual nodesign in process…
the cobbler's shoes and all that.
Is Navigation Useful?
First bullet point: “users comment on the content first; if the content is not relevant, then they don’t care about any other aspect of the design”
Link this to the discussion of the “page paradigm” and the recent mention of a survey (user testing?) done with location of search input fields vs. links to [...]
Summary: Recent studies have shown that while the use of breadcrumb trails to navigate a website can be helpful, few users choose to utilize this method of navigation. This study investigates the effects of “mere exposure” and training on breadcrumb usage. Findings indicate that brief training on the benefits of breadcrumb usage resulted in more [...]
Good Experience – The Page Paradigm
Like another thought about bread crumbs wherein it is posited that people who use them tend to be the regular users of the site and not the visitors who are there just looking for something.
Another thing I noticed and emphasized in a page design (currently re-worked by someone else) is [...]
AT&T Feed Room — Love the enormous grid and columns representing a topic area. This is sort of gutsy but maybe a feed room is meant to be just this straight forward.
It works.
But gosh RealPlayer is a stinky thing.
Rueturs has the same layout.
And their site works with Safari better.
Metadata? Thesauri? Taxonomies? Topic Maps!
Great resource for keeping it real.
information architecture for designers – the site for the book
New book to buy?
This book will likely be a lot like Don’t Make Me Think! which provides a lot of basic reminders with many unique connections made as well. It claims to be a practicum for IA rather than a study of theory.
To boot there’s [...]
peterme.com: The Oversimplification of Mark Hurst
The Oversimplification of Mark Hurst
In his latest “Good Experience” email, Mark offers a series of notes for successfully addressing what he refers to as “the page paradigm.” Unfortunately, he’s misguided as often as he’s on target.
Mark is basically correct when he states:
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Some basics.
UI Patterns and Techniques: Introduction
Patterns for Personal Web Sites
Patterns for Personal Web Sites
Move to links?
Paper Prototyping Graphics (Design Usability Resources) – Information & Design
Usability Resources > Design > Paper Prototyping Graphics
Many resources here.
Back in 1994 Jakob Neilsen, et.al. did a card sorting exercise for the Sun web site. This article “1994 Design of SunWeb – Sun Microsystems’ Intranet” explains the process..
Jorge A. Toro at CardZort Zone offers links to the topic of card sorting but also offers CardZort, a computer application to aid in card sorting [...]