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Archive for September, 2008

Visualizing the age of content

September 29th, 2008

How do one visualize the age dimension of content? In the real world it’s not a problem. Physical objects, like paper, clearly wears the mark of time. Paper turns yellow and get torn. Other things get scratched or changes it’s appearance in some other way that makes it obvious that it’s not new.

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Where’s me back button?

September 25th, 2008

My Firefox installation got upgraded to 3.0.2 today. And to my surprise the back and forward buttons is gone!

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The use of buttons in web forms

September 21st, 2008

Action buttons exists at the bottom of almost every web form. They’re so common that we often doesn’t even reflect on how to actually design them. By gathering information from a few of the great minds in the field of web usability and also from my own experiences, I’ve tried to come up with a [...]

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Web Form Design [Book review]

September 14th, 2008

This book has a very narrow scope. It’s all about how to design web forms. And when you think about it, why not. Most interactions with websites and web application happens through the use of web forms so why not make sure to design them as effectively as possible. Studies have shown that completion rates [...]

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Gradual Engagement

September 3rd, 2008

I wrote about it in my blogpost Easiest sign up ever one and a half year ago, where I described the sign-up process of Geni, a site about building your own family tree. I didn’t know the name of the concept then, but after reading Luke Wroblewski’s Web Form Design I certainly do. (A review [...]

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Imagemap rollover

September 1st, 2008

Imagemaps was very popular in the early days of webdesign but seem to have fallen out of grace. Probably due to accessibility problems and the rise of CSS based designs. I think that it still has it’s place when used properly and one being aware of it’s potential accessibility problems. In a recent project I [...]

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