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randfish

Why Don't We Read (and How Much Do We Read) on the Web?

Posted by randfish on Thu (5/8/08) at 12:02 AM to Usability

This short post looks at a Jakob Nielsen alertbox column entitled, How Little Do Users Read? Why a short post? Well, it would appear that we don't read long posts, so why bother? Nielsen examines a study from the ...

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Mel Gray

New Events Calendar Feature - Support for iCalendar

Posted by Mel Gray on Mon (2/4/08) at 03:00 PM to Usability

Howdy Mozzers! We've recently rolled out a new version of the Events Calendar.  In this version we focused primarily on reworking both back end & front end usability issues in an attempt to get more people to use the calendar.  Aside from reworking the "Add a new event" form, we've added support for something called ...

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rebecca

Your Users Aren't Intuitive, Which is Why Your Forms Need to Be

Posted by rebecca on Tue (1/22/08) at 04:29 PM to Usability

For SEM Tuesday I'm cheating a little and talking about forms and usability; however, if you have a sign up form or some sort of registration on your landing pages, this is sound advice that ties in well. In an attempt to be hardcore in 2008, I decided, at Christine's insistence, to sign up for the New Balance Half I...

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randfish

Web Users Don't Read Online

Posted by randfish on Wed (4/4/07) at 01:04 PM to Usability

Last Thursday, Bryan Eisenberg, one of the smartest people in the world of conversions & analytics, wrote a post called - The Web's Old Wives Tale: People Don't Read Online. An excerpt: Web developers like to say it. Designers love to...

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randfish

New Research in Form Creation

Posted by randfish on Wed (11/8/06) at 12:07 AM to Usability

Via UXMatters, apparently, this is the best way to structure a form for usability: It includes: NOT using "bolded" labels Using labels on top o...

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