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Jim McCool is the Director of User Centred Design Ltd.
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- Why we still like it Quick and Dirty - User Testing Shortcuts and Work-Arounds
- eReaders -and another thing!
- Why eBooks and eBook Readers will eventually Succeed - And Why I DON'T Agree
- Ten Years of A List Apart
- Sociable Users set to drive up Mobile Web 2.0 Revenues
- Microsoft developing 'senior PC'
- Drupal 6 - Is it REALLY worth upgrading from 5.x?
- Better Search listings or more Blogging? Which will get you Noticed?
- AJAX accessibility for websites
- Accessibility - Part of Those Necessary and Elemental Standards
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Why we still like it Quick and Dirty - User Testing Shortcuts and Work-Arounds
Why we still like it Quick and Dirty - By Dana Chisnell
UsabilityWorks
People often say to me, "I want to do usability testing at my company, but there isn't time to do it the way it should be done, using all the steps in your book. So, since we can't do it 'right,' we don't do it at all." They usually continue by saying how depressing that situation is. They're stuck.
eReaders -and another thing!
Further to my comments on ereaders below one more thing... as Columbo used to say.
I'm in a Waterstones in Canary Wharf and they have a Sony eReader proudly on display for 200 squid. Looks quite clunky and a bit too big for footering about with on the TUBE. I mean, eRead, meRead, so WHAT?
Why eBooks and eBook Readers will eventually Succeed - And Why I DON'T Agree
Why eBooks and eBook Readers will eventually Succeed - Reading eBooks from eBook readers similar to the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader will eventually be the preferred reading method for millions worldwide, predicts Knowledge Center analyst J. Gerry Purdy. He predicts we'll see 75 percent worldwide adoption of eBook readers in less than 10 years from when eBook readers contain the right set of technologies. Here, Purdy explains what features will someday make eBooks and eBook readers ubiquitous.
Ten Years of A List Apart
Ten Years - When Google was little more than a napkin sketch and the first dot-com boom was not even a blip, we started a magazine for people who make websites. Celebrate A List Apart's first decade. Join Zeldman for a look back at the way we were—and why we were that way. Find out what we've done and who did it with us, peek into our process, and get a clue about what's next. [A List Apart]
Sociable Users set to drive up Mobile Web 2.0 Revenues
The next big thing ? It's certainly where the money is currenty at...
Microsoft developing 'senior PC'
Microsoft developing 'senior PC' - By Jane Wakefield
Microsoft UK is developing a "senior PC", which will have a simple interface and be aimed at older users.
Drupal 6 - Is it REALLY worth upgrading from 5.x?
The recent[ish] major release of the top-rated Open Source CMS Drupal probably had some folks wondering if it was really worth the hassle of an upgrade... Well, in a nutshell, yes, it most definitely IS. Drupal 6 is a much better CMS all around, with some key features which past users could have only prayed for [or added to the Drupal 'Requested Features' list, even].
Initially, you don't see a world of difference between 5.x and 6 - and I suppose that's just as well, because who would want their production site radically changed by a CMS upgrade? Users certainly would be confused...
Better Search listings or more Blogging? Which will get you Noticed?
Better Search listings or more Blogging? Which will get you Noticed? - Search - through services such as Google or Yahoo! - is undoubtedly the most important development in marketing in the last ten years, according to the overwhelming majority of 350 senior technology executives surveyed by Eurocom Worldwide, the Global PR Network, in association with UK member agency, Six Degrees.
AJAX accessibility for websites
AJAX accessibility for websites - Discover the accessibility problems caused by AJAX and how it can be used to enhance web accessibility. [Webcredible]
Useful, though far from comprehensive, look at AJAX and how it affects the accessibility of web pages... Recommended reading.
Accessibility - Part of Those Necessary and Elemental Standards
James Edwards over at Sitepoint makes an excellent point about Accessibility - that making sites accessible is simply part of a designer's/developer's job... Any professional should be working with recognised web standards - and these, as a matter of course, include Accessibility standards... Sadly, some developers are still whining about the cost [the extra work? - come on!] of making their work accessible - which surely is a very dated and weak argument...
