4 Seconds Load Time is all you have!

Thursday, November 09, 2006 2:00 PM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Usability | Comments: 0

A 4-second load time is all you have to show something to your users.

Ref: Slashdot - Based on a recent retail research report, if your web site doesn't load in 4 seconds or less, your visitors will leave before they even get to the site.

For most techno-geeks, 4 seconds isn't long, but everyone wants fast-loading web pages regardless of what is on your site.

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The Ultimate Web Design Usability Checklist

Wednesday, November 01, 2006 6:00 AM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Usability | Comments: 0

A complete checklist for usability specialists for when you think you have everything in your web site.

NotUsable.com provides an extensive list of usability questions you need to ask yourself about your site.

The ultimate web design usability checklist is sectioned into the following categories:

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Exploring User Mental Models of breadcrumbs in Web Navigation

Wednesday, June 28, 2006 4:39 AM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Usability | Comments: 0

A solid usability study on the how the type of breadcrumbs can show users the breadth and depth of web sites.

Angela Colter from the University of Baltimore did a study on exploring user mental models of breadcrumbs in web navigation and posted the results on her site.

She also defined three types of breadcrumbs:

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Usability Views

Thursday, June 15, 2006 7:59 AM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Usability | Comments: 0

A site that delivers everything about usability, Human Computer Interaction, and Accessibility.

UsabilityViews.com supplies over 11,000 articles on how to conduct usability studies, how to architect sites based on usability, and much more.

I consider it an exceptional site for usability research.

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Joel On Software: Usability in One Easy Step

Tuesday, March 07, 2006 10:39 PM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Usability | Comments: 0

Mr. Spolsky gives his first draft of a usability article.

Joel On Software talks about usability issues including...

Windows vs. Mac! 

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NEW! UX Mag - User Experience magazine

Sunday, January 29, 2006 5:15 PM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Usability | Comments: 0

New magazine geared towards Web Site User Experiences.

Just glancing at the site, it looks like it may take me a while to take everything in. Wow!

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Usability Toolkit

Monday, January 02, 2006 2:53 PM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Usability | Comments: 0

Another good resource for Web Usability experts.

More good tools and utilities.

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