A good primer to implementing ‘progress indicators’ in interface design. Includes discussion on different uses of progress indicators (not just for store checkouts), best practices, and when not to use them.
Progress Trackers in Web Design: Examples and Best Practices – Smashing Magazine
An article that questions the theory of making sure all content shows up above the fold.
Over the last 6 years we’ve watched over 800 user testing sessions between us and on only 3 occasions have we seen the page fold as a barrier to users getting to the content they want.
The myth of the page fold: [...]
It’s been just about 5 months since we re-launched the Dayspring website with a fresh design and a custom content management system. We’ve gotten quite a few positive comments on the site’s clean, precise look.
But how has the site performed? Sure it’s a laudable goal to make the Web more beautiful, but, [...]
Janet recently found a site that is using non-standard fonts for most of their text. As we explored the site to figure out how they were doing this, we found Cufon. Cufon allows for text replacement similar to sIFR, but without the use of Flash. This opens up design possibilities using more fonts without making [...]
The new web site for the Mount Diablo Solano Oncology Group is now live at http://www.mdsogroup.com/.
“I think it looks great… very great. Thanks so much.” – Lesley Martin, MD
If there has ever been a doubt as to the value of visually presenting information, this blog entry should put it to rest. It takes an incredibly complex topic (the global economic meltdown) and expresses it visually.
27 Visualizations and Infographics to Understand the Financial Crisis
I love that Nielsen and his team keep studying the issues that we regularly deal with. This week it’s the mistakes that cost non-profit sites the donations they’re so desperately seeking online. A couple organizations we know well (Bread for the World and Habitat) were included in the study (though the newsletter summary doesn’t indicate [...]
People don’t want to “be in a relationship” with an e-commerce site… they just want their stuff.
http://www.uie.com/articles/three_hund_million_button/
I was talking to a friend about redesigning her organization’s site and she referred me to this interesting link comparing the ability of the Obama and McCain site designs to move users to action.
It’s a good write-up that makes clear the goals that we are often dealing with, particularly with nonprofits that have multiple ways [...]
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