At the workshop in Liverpool in September 2008, we learned about: some of the reasons why people may find reading difficult some of the guidelines and design approaches we use: our advice. Our audiences: reasons why people may find reading difficult In theContinue reading… Design to read framework: audiences and advice
Author: Jane Matthews
Liverpool 2008 Design to Read workshop report
The first Design to Read workshop was held at the British HCI Group conference “HCI2008 Culture, Creativity, Interaction” in Liverpool, UK, on 2nd September 2008. Read the workshop proposal. Why people struggle to read The content of the workshop reflectedContinue reading… Liverpool 2008 Design to Read workshop report
What’s in it for me? Rewarding course evaluators
Everyone likes to be rewarded for their efforts. Course evaluators are no exception. We get asked often to look at new online courses and sometimes even get offered a login name and password to a course that other people wouldContinue reading… What’s in it for me? Rewarding course evaluators
Label placement in forms: what’s best?
Introduction Forms are ubiquitous and a major way in which websites can become interactive. But they tend to receive little design attention – and much of that is spent arguing about details. This talk looks at one of those details:Continue reading… Label placement in forms: what’s best?
Search is now normal behaviour. What do we do about that?
This presentation, co-authored with Whitney Quesenbery, Ian Roddis, Viki Stirling and Sarah Allen, was delivered at UPA 2008 – The Many Faces of User Experience June 16-20, 2008, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Exploring the way search affects usability of a siteContinue reading… Search is now normal behaviour. What do we do about that?
A whole industry sector’s websites rated according to their usability
Caroline Jarrett discusses the results of the annual Better Connected survey, reviewing the state of local authority websites
How to do ‘Contact Us’ badly (and some tips for doing it well)
Trying to report a problem with her email leads Caroline Jarrett to share some tips about how to ensure your website’s contact us function is effective for users.
When more data really isn’t the issue
No matter how big a fan of user testing you are, sometimes it’s not more data but action that’s needed. Caroline Jarrett makes the case for knowing how to strike the balance.
The problems and joys of reading research papers
For research papers to be useful we need to be able to understand them, apply what we understand, and have faith in their applicability to our work.
Adding fun and engagement to purposeful systems using augmented reality: report from OzCHI 2007
Caroline Jarrett reports on the many uses people are finding for augmented reality in 2007, and argues for the importance of building tools that people actually want to use.