#usability

8 bookmarks

http://robotbarf.com/

This is exactly my problem with QR codes - they're by robots for robots. They have next to no utili...

alasdairw Oct 27, 2011

http://darkpatterns.org/

A listing of intentionally bad design patterns - tricks websites use to get you to do things that th...

alasdairw Sep 20, 2010

http://joshua.schachter.org/2009/04/on-url-shorten...

I've been saying that using URL shorteners is a bad idea for for a while, so I thought I'd link to J...

alasdairw Apr 06, 2009

http://silverbackapp.com/

Doing proper usability testing suddenly got much, much more affordable. The price of a cheap Mac, p...

alasdairw Sep 16, 2008

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/passive-voice.html

Once again, I looks like advertising and marketing needs are going to shove good practice to the sid...

alasdairw Oct 23, 2007

http://headrush.typepad.com/

A blog about, well, exactly what it says on the tin. I suspect this is another example of my being...

alasdairw Feb 08, 2006

http://dowconzki.pbwiki.com/TwoTapsforEngland

Short article on the British approach to design and usability, using taps as a metaphor. Experience...

alasdairw Feb 07, 2006