Why Web Users Give Up Wednesday August 25th
Interesting article on how users will often overlook the actual location of information if another website area seems like the perfect place to look.
Resume build from Deceivingly Strong Information Scent Costs Sales :
Information scent refers to the extent to which users can predict what they will find if they pursue a certain path through a website. If information scent is sufficiently pungent, people are generally convinced that they’re looking in the right place. If that place doesn’t contain what they want, they’re likely to conclude that the site doesn’t offer it at all.
The standard solution to overly strong …
Look Mom, No Tables! Thursday July 29th
If you’re still using HTML table to make your web page layouts, you should start looking more into CSS. Douglas Bowman article “Throwing Tables Out the Window” talks about the benefits of using CSS over HTML Tables on one of Microsoft’s web page.
Here’s the introduction of his article :
With the CSS waters thoroughly tested by many sites that have taken the plunge, it’s time for us to start cheering from the water below, coaxing and encouraging those who haven’t yet jumped in, to make that jump. There’s no longer any reason to use tables for layout, nor …
Can Your Site Survive Firefox?
Yesterday I talked about the browser FireFox as a user point of view, but what about the Web Designers? Cross-browser compatibility isn’t a think from the past and the popularity of FireFox will probably make you sweat a bit more 
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Here’s a quote from Brian Livingston’s article “Can Your Site Survive Firefox?” :
…you shouldn’t let IE’s current dominance lull you into testing your site’s compatibility only with that one browser. Even one of Firefox’s harshest critics, Michael Horowitz, says the new browser will get big fast. “I would think at least 10 percent” of Web surfers will be using …
Ideas for Improving a News Web Site Thursday July 22nd
Searching for new ideas to improve your News Website or even your Blog Website take a look at Steve Outing article “Checklist for Building the Ideal News Web Site“.
Quote from Editor & Publisher of who he consulted for these ideas :
Here’s a list of ideas for how news sites could do things differently. Some of these notions are mine (based on years of covering this industry as a journalist, researcher and occasional consultant); others come from top consultants and academics who I’ve enlisted in this advice-fest. (I avoided asking people who currently manage or work at online-news operations; …
