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Tutorial: How to Get Good Feedback from Website Users

By Georgia Otto | Published: 04.18.2009
All too often, we think we know what our users want. But the only way of truly knowing is by listening to them directly. You may not think it’s representative of your primary target audience, but it is still valuable nonetheless. In the previous post we talked about what users can do to make their feedback [...]
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Error Prevention vs. User Satisfaction – What’s the Deal with Duplicate Form Fields?

By Georgia Otto | Published: 03.21.2009
Lately, it seems to be increasingly common to find web forms with duplicate fields, particularly for the email address. It’s a low likelihood that a user would make the exact same typo in both fields, so by ensuring that the two fields contain matching data, we can more thoroughly prevent user error. In his “Eight [...]
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Improving User Experience Design Tools – The Spirit is Willing, But the Flesh is Weak

By Georgia Otto | Published: 01.15.2009
User Experience professionals are frequently concerned with bridging the gap between themselves and the users of systems they design. However, there is a parallel gap that needs to be closed between UX designers and the developers of UX design tools. A series of surveys conducted in 2006 by associates of The Information Architecture Institute revealed [...]
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Please Wait…

By Georgia Otto | Published: 01.5.2009
We’ve all sat in front of our computers watching the words “please wait” blink on the screen, watching some dot move in a circle indefinitely, or worse, watching a progress bar get to 99% in 10 seconds, then get stuck there for hours. Is there anything we can do to improve this user experience nightmare?
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Web Design Superheroes: Download Your Superpowers Here!

By Georgia Otto | Published: 12.22.2008
With x-ray vision, photographic memory and the cure for color blindness, now you too can enhance your web design ability to superhero level! Simply download your desired superpowers from the list below to get started.
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