Question: where do you go to find 225 local government officials, all talking about usability? Answer: the recent Headstar/Socitm event: Building the perfect council website. So what is Headstar / Socitm? Headstar is a pioneering e-publisher. If you’re into e-governmentContinue reading… Useful, usable and used – your new look council website
Tag: usability
How to look at a form in a hurry, UPA 2006
Anyone who has heard or read more than one of my presentations will be familiar with my mantra: ‘test, test and test again’. It’s the only way to find our whether something really is usable, and yet we’re sometimes putContinue reading… How to look at a form in a hurry, UPA 2006
Ticket, please? Thoughts on visibility of system status
We open with a story that’s a touch complicated. Hang in here with me, the usability point will come through in the end. My husband loves his railways. He’s mostly into railways as they actually are today, as a practicalContinue reading… Ticket, please? Thoughts on visibility of system status
User Interface Design and Evaluation: Open University textbook
User Interface Design and Evaluation is published to positive reviews
We need to include people with disabilities in our designs
Some suggestions for finding participants with disabilities to include in our usability testing
Books on usability? … not one in a thousand
In 2005 Caroline Jarrett can’t find a single book about usability in a large bookstore with a huge computer section
Hooray, I’m Doing the Forms!
Creating good forms involves good design and a clear conversation with your users, argues Caroline Jarrett
Not beyond usability – just nearby
Caroline Jarrett reflects on the many important factors in usability and satisfaction
Making a better web form
Which usability changes make the biggest difference? Invited by LoanBright to review their forms, we were surprised by some of the results. Among the changes we tested – layout, wording of questions, addition of extra pages – the only one to make a significant differenceContinue reading… Making a better web form
A farewell to pop-ups
Comment added in 2022: These days we use the term ‘modal’ instead of ‘pop-up’ and I don’t see as much discussion of pop-up blockers. Otherwise, I think this is still accurate. CJ. Do you remember the olden days onContinue reading… A farewell to pop-ups