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Monthly Archives: February 2009
A Picture’s Worth 1000 Words – Using Comics in the Design Process
A few weeks ago I attended a meeting of the NHUPA, held at Mad*Pow headquarters in Portsmouth, NH. Amy Cueva did a very informative presentation about using comics in the design process. She included lots of examples and methods, as well as a bit about why and when to use comics.
As part of the presentation, [...]
Get an RSS Feed of All Your Comments Across the Web
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a nice, consolidated feed of all the comments you’ve made on other people’s blogs? BackType gives you this for free, and it’s really easy to use. In addition to the RSS feed, you can also use BackType to:
Five Ways to Create Online Forms & Surveys Without Code
As a compliment to my recent post about form design, here are 5 free WYSIWYG editors for building online forms and surveys. I’ve also included screen shots of each form builder interface so you don’t have to sign up for anything to compare them.
Wufoo – Lets you adjust label positioning on form fields (as [...]
Designing Web Forms – Label Placement & Primary vs. Secondary Actions
As previously mentioned, user experience practitioners often rely on common sense, convention and past experience when making design decisions. Usability research may seem like overkill, but even when you’re sure of your assumptions, it’s always good to double check.
For instance, Luke Wroblewski once wrote an article in which he provided some very sensible guidelines for [...]
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Kawaii Creations – Meomi by Vicki Wong and Michael Murphy
In their little corner of the web, Vicki Wong and Michael Murphy have created a fascinating world full of mystery and unbelievable cuteness known as the Meomi Cloud House website. You can download free desktop wallpapers, buy Meomi products, and learn more about the Octonauts series of children’s books.
But that’s not the main reason I’ve [...]
How to Make the Most of Five Seconds
You might be amazed how little time it takes for users to get a first impression of a website and how difficult it is to change that impression once it’s made. Wouldn’t it be great to know what users see in the first 5 seconds of viewing a site design – before building it out?
Freebie – aMAZEing Desktop Wallpaper for February 2009
Here’s the second in a series of hand-drawn maze wallpapers, complete with monthly calendar! If your screen resolution is not listed below, feel free to comment and I’ll create another version for you.
Design Spotlight – Feb ‘09 Winner – Now Accepting Entries for Mar ‘09!