40 items tagged with usability

Developer Experience Principle 3: Easy to Build (October 10, 2020) A product makes it Easy to Build by focusing on productivity for developers building real-world applications.

Developer Experience Principle 2: Easy to Use (September 9, 2020) Making it Easy to Use means letting the developer do everything without involving you.

Form or function in hotel design (November 11, 2015) The hotel has one of the most beautifully designed rooms I've ever stayed in. It's also the worst designed hotel room I've ever stayed in.

The rest of the world is not like you (April 4, 2010) Normal people are different. Keep that in mind when creating or marketing a product.

SEO realities (October 10, 2009) The real search engine optimization. Works every time.

Thanks O'Reilly (June 6, 2009) Captcha usability

Are we done yet? (January 1, 2008) The worst progress report ever.

Draconian licensing makes piracy attractive (December 12, 2007) Microsoft's distinction between OEM and retail versions of Windows is enough to drive one to piracy.

DocStoc bizarre form layout (October 10, 2007) Some odd choices in the signup and login form at DocStoc left me frustrated.

iPhone dialing annoyances (September 9, 2007) A few annoyances with the iPhone's phone interface.

ThinkFree -- making it hard to sign up (December 12, 2006) Signing up for ThinkFree is a hassle.

Amazon Shipping indicator (November 11, 2006) Amazon could help customers by showing them earlier if an item can be shipped for free.

When usability goes horribly wrong (October 10, 2006) Joseph Scott has an interesting button at his office.

Reality check (October 10, 2006)

Skype usability on OSX (September 9, 2006) Getting contact information out of Skype requires a good memory.

Feed Crier new features (September 9, 2006) A bundle of new features have snuck into Feed Crier under the cover of darkness.

Rick Segal gets Inuitive (July 7, 2006) Bad software's like a toilet seat in the grocery store.

Intuitive (June 6, 2006) An intuitive interface is natural only because of previously-learned behaviors.

Temporary files in Firefox on OSX (February 2, 2006) An annoyance with how Firefox and Thunderbird handles temporary files under OSX.

Hotel simplicity (January 1, 2006) Some simple things hotels do to make your stay nicer.

Why I don't recommend Firefox (September 9, 2004) Why Firefox isn't ready for an aggressive marketing campaign.

Popcorn usability (September 9, 2003) My kids' ecommerce site has given them their first lesson in usability.

Remember Me, Movable Type (August 8, 2003) By making it easier for people to comment on your blog, more people will.

California State Fair (July 7, 2003) The California State Fair lets you buy tickets in advance from their Web site. That's good. But the site is a horror house of usability problems.

More Form usability (July 7, 2003) Thoughts on how to arrange fields on Web forms to make them easier to use.

Alarm usability (July 7, 2003)

Simplified Form Errors (July 7, 2003) One of the most frustrating experiences on the Web is filling out forms. When mistakes are made, the user is often left guessing what they need to correct. We've taken an approach that shows the user in no uncertain terms what needs to be fixed.

Form expectations (June 6, 2003) It's been said many times before, but developers still don't seem to understand. If you have requirements for the contents of your forms, tell people up front.

Usable in subtle ways (April 4, 2003) Sometimes the best features in software are the ones you barely notice.

Smart searching (April 4, 2003) A helpful search engine finds what you wanted, even if it's not what you asked for.

Laptop usability (January 1, 2003) I wish my laptop was better able to detect changes in my work states.

Embrace the medium (October 10, 2002) The Web is different than print, television, or any other medium. To be successful, designers must embrace those differences.

Email Marketing Usability (September 9, 2002) Jakob Nielsen turns to a subject dear to my heart: the improving your email newsletters to enhance the reader experience.

Usability test serendipity (September 9, 2002) Marketers can use usability testing to build a better product.

Opportunity lost (September 9, 2002) Improve the customer experience of automated emails.

Usability of Microwave Meals (August 8, 2002) Why is it this difficult to make a microwave meal?

Goodbye BN.com links (August 8, 2002) What happens when you break links to your site and your competitor doesn't? Sites link to your competition instead of you.

Shopping Cart Usability (March 3, 2002)

Web Rage (February 2, 2002)

Shades of Gray (February 2, 2002)