by Theo Mandel | Feb 6, 2007 | Application Usability, Usability Consulting, Usability Testing, Web Usability
Usability Professionals’ Association 2007 Conference: Patterns: Blueprints for Usability, June 11-15, Austin, Texas I am participating on an exciting panel of expert consultants at the 2007 UPA conference. It should be a great time. Please check out the Advance...
by Theo Mandel | Feb 5, 2007 | Application Usability, Web Usability
Read and view interviews with two colleagues and well-known UI authors and gurus, Jakob Nielsen and Steve Krug. Great Minds in Development: Steve Krug talks about Web usability Article Video Great Minds in Development: Jakob Nielsen – Designing Your Applications...
by Theo Mandel | Feb 2, 2007 | Search Engine Optimization, Usability Testing, Web Usability
Larry Cornett, the relatively new Director of User Experience Design at Yahoo and Kathryn Kelly, Director of PR for Yahoo! Search, speak with Gord Hotchkiss of Search Engine Land. Read the interview here. Gord asked Larry and Catherine about the Yahoo search...
by Theo Mandel | Jan 31, 2007 | Usability Bloopers, Web Usability
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by Theo Mandel | Jan 29, 2007 | Application Usability, Usability Testing, Web Usability
Forrester Research has just published two studies on usability testing in their new series, “Usability Testing for Managers.” I participated as one of the experts in the field Forrester surveyed for the studies. These studies are usually not publicly...
by Theo Mandel | Jan 24, 2007 | Application Usability, Prototyping, Web Usability
A major aspect in user interface and interaction design is prototyping. Typically, prototypes are either low-fidelity prototypes (flip-charts, drawings, PowerPoint, etc.) to evaluate conceptual designs or high-fidelity prototypes (HTML/JavaScript, Flash, application...