I bookmark a lot of pages and sites which I find interesting, inspirational and informative every day! I’d like to share some of them with you here. In general they are about user experience, usability, UCD, accessbility and design. In general, but not always!!

  • Quantifying Usability
    Software development is built around quantitative measurements. Measurements such as the time it takes an application to load, the amount of memory used, or the load on the CPU. These measurements are all easy to calculate and are wonderfully quantitative. One of the reasons some organizations tend to discount usability (both in practice and in artifacts like the severity descriptions in bug tracking systems), is an inaccurate view that usability is an amorphous and subjective thing that simply can't be scientifically quantified and measured. That assumption is incorrect.
  • COHORT ANALYSIS – MEASURING ENGAGEMENT OVER TIME
    A cohort analysis is a tool that helps measure user engagement over time. It helps UX designers know whether user engagement is actually getting better over time or is only appearing to improve because of growth.
  • Faceted Navigation: Showing More Values part 2
  • Perception and the design of forms – Part 1: Shape
    Most of us understand, in a general way, how it is that humans see. Light hits the eye, stimulating rods and cones and sending electrical signals down the optic nerve to the brain. But have you ever stopped to think about how this biological process leads to the rich visual space that we move about and interact with every day? For example, how is it that we can know, without thinking, that the computer monitor is closer to us than the window, which is closer again than the car parked on the street outside?
  • The pros and cons of A/B testing | Making Websites Easy To Use
    The use of A/B testing, where customers get different versions of the same live site to interact with, is an increasingly popular tool for website owners. However, while the company may get useful feedback and data from this testing is it really the best way forward?

Please do feel free to suggest other related (and unrelated ones)!