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http://www.useit.com/alertbox/
Jakob Nielsen`s bi-weekly column on current issues in Web usability, focusing on simple and minimalist design based on real user needs.
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http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20020512.html
Following key guidelines for homepage usability is well worth the investment.
Keywords: html page title, about us section, archives, formatting, home pages, key user task, keywords, link names, model photos, page titles, prioritizing top tasks, recent feature archive, scannability, scanning links, stock photography, tag lines, window titles, writing taglines, home page design
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http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20031222.html
Sites are getting better at using minimalist design, maintaining archives, and offering comprehensive services. However, these advances entail their own usability problems, as several prominent mistakes from 2003 show.
Keywords: alt text, url, accessibility, alternative scenarios, archives, archiving, chunking, current content, dates, dating, formatting, forms entry, image reduction, images, linking, linkrot, photo, photos, product lists, resizing, scaling, search, sorting, thumbnails, what-if, winnowing, e-commerce form
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http://www.saila.com/usage/design/
A dozen suggestions and principles for basic web design and site architecture.
Keywords: alertbox, gif, html, jpg, jakob nielson, useit, web design, webmonkey, design guidelines, images, online style, style guide, style sheets, tips, tricks, usability, user interface, webzine, information architecture
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http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9605.html
A classic article by Jakob Nielsen.
Keywords: html title tag, pdf, advertising, banner blindness, content usability, conventions, design standards, horizontal scrolling, link colors, on-line reading, pop-up windows, pop-ups, popups, scalable font sizes, scannability, search, text size, unvisited links, visited link, window title, writing for the web, web usability
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http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990124.html
Dr. Jakob Nielsen highlights key differences between designing for print and designing for the web.
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society for news design,
emotional impact,
interactive graphics, html, snd design annual, web pages, canvas size, dimensionality, images, interactivity, newspapers, print page layout, scrolling, typography, printed paper
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http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20020106.html
Most site maps fail to convey multiple levels of the site`s information architecture. In usability tests, users often overlook site maps or can`t find them. Complexity is also a problem: a map should be a map, not a navigational challenge of its own.
Keywords: information architecture, navigation support, site map design, sitemaps, sitemap
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