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- Debunking the myth of style defaults
- This week's Design and Usability Tactics newsletter debunks the myth of style defaults. What default styles cause you the most trouble due to inconsistent implementation in different browsers? Do you have a list of styles that you routinely add to your style sheets in order to counteract browser defaults? If...
- Tags: Web browsers, Usability Tactics Newsletter, Usability Tactics, Design
- Discussion threads 2004-10-26
- Design a CSS layout with an interesting header
- This week's Design and Usability Tactics newsletter demonstrates how to create a CSS layout with an interesting header.Do you have any suggestions for other ways to achieve the same effect as the example? What about other examples of using absolutely positioned elements within a relatively positioned element? If you aren't...
- Tags: CSS, Design, Usability Tactics Newsletter, Usability Tactics
- Discussion threads 2004-10-12
- 10 must-read CSS tips
- In this week's Design and Usability Tactics newsletter, author Michael Meadhra offers a quick reference list of tips from Trenton Moss' article, "Ten CSS tricks you may not know," complete with the corrections and qualifications that have appeared elsewhere.Do you have a favorite CSS tip that wasn't included in this...
- Tags: CSS, Usability Tactics Newsletter, Usability Tactics
- Discussion threads 2004-10-05
Additional Resources
- Developing a CSS strategy
- This week's Design and Usability Tactics newsletter talks about developing a CSS strategy. What strategies do you use for developing and maintaining your CSS style sheet files? Do you have a favorite tip that helps you organize your styles? Let us know.If you aren't subscribed to the free Design and...
- Tags: CSS
- Discussion threads 2004-11-02
- Digital Library Design for Usability
- During the last decade, software designers have made progress in developing usable systems for products such as word processors. Less attention has been given to usability in digital library DL design. In this paper, we discuss two forms of DL usability - interface and organizational. While the Human-Computer-Interaction research community...
- Tags: Usability, Digital Library
- White papers
- Are Usability and Security Two Opposite Directions in Computer Systems?
- Instinct tells us that computer security and computer usability are inversely proportional to each other. In other words, the tougher and stricter the security is, the less usability there is, and vice versa. However, there have been plenty of cases where both computer security and computer usability went hand in...
- Tags: Instinct, Computer, Productivity, Security
- White papers 2004-10-30
- Building a Global Corporate Library Portal: Usability Results and Design Implications
- This paper presents the findings from usability studies that were conducted as part of efforts to build a global library portal site for a large high tech company. A series of five usability tests were conducted on five different corporate library web sites, all within the same company, but based...
- Tags: Usability, Web, Hewlett-Packard Co., Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Portals, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing
- White papers 2001-11-05
- Vital Marketing: Ten Core Tactics to Improve Marketing Campaign Effectiveness and Efficiency
- Download this JupiterResearch report, sponsored by RightNow Technologies, to read about 10 core tactics you can use to boost the performance of your e-mail marketing campaigns. These vital marketing tactics include building and sharing robust customer profiles, optimizing registration and landing pages, segmenting lists, testing campaign performance, tailoring offers through...
- Tags: RightNow Technologies, Marketing Research, Marketing
- White papers 2004-02-14
- Usability in Enterprise Customer Service Applications: The Impact to Productivity, Customer Satisfaction, and Profitability
- This paper examines the current state of usability in enterprise customer service applications, and the benefits to an organization when those applications are highly usable. It explores how application providers, such as Oracle, are addressing usability issues. It also provides guidelines for evaluating usability, including user feedback, input, and testing;...
- Tags: Customer Service, Oracle Corp., Customer Satisfaction, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2004-11-01
- Does anyone know what happened to ..
- the "Design and Usability Tactics Newsletter," from Builder.com?It seems to have unceremoneously replaced by the "Software/Web Development Netnote Newsletter," from TechRepublic.com.The content of the latter seems to include none of that of the former.Winding Down?Browsing around at www.builder.com.com it looks like Builder.com did not generate the response expected.I finally found...
- Tags: newsletter, deepsand, programming
- Discussion threads 2005-03-20
- Series 40 Developer Platform 1.0: Usability Guidelines for J2ME Games
- This paper provides guidelines for developing easy-to-use, fun, and challenging J2ME games for Nokia Series 40 mobile phones. To help developers implement usability issues in their development projects, a model and recommendations for usability testing and evaluation are included. Research with three different J2ME mobile phone games from three developers...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., J2ME, Java, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2004-04-21
- Produce indented navigation lists
- This week's Design and Usability Tactics newsletter describes how to create indented navigation lists. How do you like to organize long lists of links? Do you prefer outline-style indents like the ones in this technique, a collection of separate lists, or some other solution?another great onethanks Michael.I like to include...
- Tags: Newsletter Editor
- Discussion threads 2004-12-07
- CSS: To hack or not to hack
- In this week's Design and Usability Tactics newsletter, author Michael Meadhra explains why he avoids using hacks whenever possible. He also offers how to select a hack when there is no other way to achieve an acceptable result in today's major browsers.How do you deal with CSS hacks? What hacks...
- Tags: CSS, hack, Newsletter Editor, programming, standard solution
- Discussion threads 2004-11-09
- Tactics United (rar)
- In this game, you can equip yourself with over a hundred swords, spells and items, using these you can decide to join into fights and battles, tactics are essential. Has a few flaws in production leftovers for the game was set up quick, but it is free of charge.
- Tags: Tactic, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2005-12-07
- The Quest for the Holy Grail: Do Users Seek a Colorful Website or a Useful Website?
- The thrill of experiencing something new, a journey into unchartered territory. Is this what attracts users to a site? What induces 'Stickiness' to a site? Does the latest in multimedia graphics help or is it better to enhance usability? This paper undertakes to give the reader a sweeping view of...
- Tags: Usability, Multimedia, Holy Grail, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet
- White papers 2006-10-10
- Usability: The Feature To Rule Them All
- Good to see somebody noticed the gizmo maniaI have been managing software projects for last 9 years. I can share my experience of stressing on Usability as I gradually understood the screats of successful projects.In one of my project, we hired
- Tags: hitesh.url@..., telephone, Usability
- Discussion threads 2006-11-01
- Word 2007: Lessons on usability
- Do you agree that Microsoft's redesign of Word 2007 represents a step forward toward better usability? Which interface changes do you think are improvements (and which, if any, do you think are poor design decisions)?
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Word 2007, JodyGilbert, software, interface, design, justin james
- Discussion threads 2007-03-06
- Build better Web forms with these eight user interface tips
- Web forms are an excellent way to gather and exchange information with your Web site's users, especially when that exchange is part of an e-commerce transaction. However, a Web form that users don't complete is a waste of everyone's time. These eight interface-enhancing tips, originally published in TechRepublic's Design and...
- Tags: Web, TechRepublic Inc., Web Forms, Channel Management, Marketing
- Download resources 2005-03-07
- The Incredibles: Prima Official eGuide (exe)
- Super strategies for all 18 expansive levels. Save-the-day tips for fighting, racing, and puzzle solving. Powerful gameplay tactics for all 4 playable characters. Every bonus item unmasked. Clever secrets exposed. Uncanny boss battle tactics.
- Tags: Tactic, Strategy, Management
- Software downloads 2007-07-19
- Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes (Jakob Nielsen
- To reach new readers and respect your existing readers' time constraints, test your weblog against the following usability problemsThis post originally appeared on an external website by Jay Garmon
- Tags: Usability, Blog, Jakob Nielsen, Blogging, Web Site Development, Internet, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-10-17
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