RSS
Why Websites Are Getting Easier To Use
from the only-took-a-decade dept
After years of absolutely painful web surfing experiences, the BBC is suggesting that many websites are finally realizing that website usability is important. They point out that, of course, many web designers are still fascinated with the concept of making something look good, rather than making it useable. As a side note, this is the first mainstream article about usability I've seen in a long time that manages not to quote Jakob Nielsen.
2 Comments | Leave a Comment..
If you liked this post, you may also be interested in...
- 'The Economist' And 'Financial Times' Already Writing Off ACTA As Dead
- Newspaper Boss Says Newspapers Need More Money... Because New Media Steals & May 'Destroy Civil Society'
- If The Internet Is Treated Just Like The Offline World, We'd Never Have Ridiculous Laws Like SOPA/PIPA
- Can Facebook Really Bring About A More Peer-to-Peer, Bottom-Up World?
- The Pirate Bay Press Release On SOPA: We Are The New Hollywood
Reader Comments (rss)
(Flattened / Threaded)
Examples?
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
No Subject Given
Usability from a design aspect is only part of the problem. What these websites need to start paying attention to is we "freaks" who land at their sites using - God forbid - operating systems and browsers that don't come from the Redmond Beast and are shut out of certain features - or the entire site. Where we once were a tiny enough percentage to ignore, the numbers are growing. And over here in LinuxLand we *can't* surrender to IE. Not that we want to....
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Add Your Comment