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Usability is a necessary condition for survival

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Catriona Cornett • 1 Comment

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“On the Web, usability is a necessary condition for survival. If a website is difficult to use, people leave. If the homepage fails to clearly state what a company offers and what users can do on the site, people leave. If users get lost on a website, they leave. If a website’s information is hard to read or doesn’t answer users’ key questions, they leave. Note a pattern here?” – Jakob Nielsen

Read Jakob’s take on why usability is important in his article “Usability 101: Definition and Fundamentals – What, Why, How” here.

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Usability is like love

Posted on July 4, 2008 by Catriona Cornett • 1 Comment

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“Usability is like love. You have to care, you have to listen, and you have to be willing to change. You’ll make mistakes along the way, but that’s where growth and forgiveness come in.” – Jeffrey Zeldman

Read Jeffrey’s article “Tackling Usability Gotchas in Large-scale Site Redesigns” here.

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Information architecture helps make sure that business and user needs are met

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Catriona Cornett • 0 Comments

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“Information architecture helps make sure that business needs and user needs are met, leaving everyone happy, and isn’t that really what it’s all about?” – Jeff Lash

Read Jeff’s article “The Age of Information Architecture” here.

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Good design must have an impact on people’s lives

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Catriona Cornett • 0 Comments

\"Good design must necessarily, in my opinion, have an impact on people\'s lives, no matter how seemingly small. Good design changes things.\" - Garr Reynolds

“Good design must necessarily, in my opinion, have an impact on people’s lives, no matter how seemingly small. Good design changes things.” – Garr Reynolds

Check out Garr’s article “Why Design Matters” here.

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It takes a passionate commitment to thoroughly understand something

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Catriona Cornett • 1 Comment

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“To design something really well you have to get it.  You have to really grok what it’s all about.  It takes a passionate commitment to thoroughly understand something – chew it up, not just quickly swallow it.  Most people don’t take the time to do that… The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better designs we will have.” – Steve Jobs

Read the Wired article “Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great Thing” to read Steve’s full reply to the question: “Why aren’t more products made with the aesthetics of great design?”

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Pay attention to the subtleties

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Catriona Cornett • 0 Comments

“When designing, it’s easy to get lost in the gross interactions – the dialog boxes and system flow. However, the subtleties are just as critical to the success of the design. We need to pay close attention to these nuances as we’re working through our design process.” - Jared Spool“When designing, it’s easy to get lost in the gross interactions – the dialog boxes and system flow. However, the subtleties are just as critical to the success of the design. We need to pay close attention to these nuances as we’re working through our design process.” - Jared Spool

“When designing, it’s easy to get lost in the gross interactions – the dialog boxes and system flow. However, the subtleties are just as critical to the success of the design. We need to pay close attention to these nuances as we’re working through our design process.” – Jared Spool

Read Jared’s article “Interaction Design: It’s All About the Subtleties” here.

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