Category: Usability and design
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Website effectiveness (part 2) – using stats and analytical tools
This is the second part of a three-part series looking at approaches to judging website effectiveness, based upon my approaches and prep notes for a meeting I had with a colleague on this matter. See introduction post.
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Website effectiveness (part 1) – defining success of a website
I had an interesting discussion with a colleague recently about how we judge the effectiveness of a website. I thought I’d share my pre-meeting notes here and the approaches and considerations I have to judging the effectiveness of non-ecommerce sites.
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Acronyms – why you should not use them
Receiving emails from mailing lists (both internal and of national organisations), it became apparent to me that contrived acroynms are still on the rage. This post is an exploration of my views on the use of acronyms.
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Usability fail: timesplus.co.uk – the new Times Premium Content site
A few months back, you may remember the heads-up that Murdoch was going to make parts of the Times newspaper website pay-per-click. Essentially, requiring paid-for subscription to access news material (exclusives, popular, etc.). We will refer to this content as ‘premium content’.
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Website design analysis case study: The York Dancesport site refresh
This post is supported by a video overview of the site and the changes from the previous design: I outline here the approach I have taken in a quick refresh of the University of York Dancesport website, at yorkdancesport.com. Key points Website logo and title in the top left. This is now a convention which…
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General Election 2010: Party Campaign Websites Analysis (Part 3: Accessibility)
This is the third and final part of the UK 2010 General Election Campaign Websites Analysis for the three major parties. This post looks at the accessibility considerations of the three homepages:
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General Election 2010: Party Campaign Websites Analysis (Part 2: Manifesto Pages)
This is the second of an impartial three part analysis of the campaign websites for the UK General Election 2010. The party sites looked at will be Labour, Liberal Democrats and Conservatives. See Part 1 for full introduction. In this analysis, we’ll look at how the manifesto pages are presented. Comparing and contrasting each of the websites, we’ll…
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General Election 2010: Party Campaign Websites Analysis (Part 1)
This is the first of an impartial three part analysis of the campaign websites for the UK General Election 2010. The party sites looked at will be Labour, Liberal Democrats and Conservatives. This first analysis looks at general impressions of the party campaign homepage, the type of content available and key layouts. The second analysis will focus…