That’s the way to go! Nobody likes to fill forms. What do you really need to register on a website, sometimes corporations ask you to fill forms longer than a Tax Return; what about a corporation that only ask for your email. One of the good practices of designing forms is to reduce the amount [...]
I did a talk last Thursday during the Wellington Web Design Meetup about Data Visualization. It’s incredible how data visualization can be used efficiently to communicate: to make a point to form a hypothesis to help achieve a goal
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away – Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Writer and Aviator That’s a lovely one, especially when we see so many features proliferating everywhere…
If the user can’t use it, it doesn’t work – Susan Dray – President of Dray & Associates It is as simple as that, if your company designs products (web application, car, camera, etc) that can’t be used by the targeted users, you just fail. In her quote, the term user implies specified or targeted [...]
For the last post of 2009, I want to share 3 quotes that I really like! Watch people in their own environments — Peter Merholz, Founding partner of Adaptive Path That’s so true, if you really want to improve a product, watch people using it in their own environment. That’s why, when we facilitate usability [...]
Thursday Nov 12th is World Usability Day 2009. It is an annual event highlighting the true importance of good design that leads to efficient and enjoyable everyday products and services. Usability Professional Association (UPA) is behind that celebration. If you are interested, find an event in your city.
