Amazon Takes personalization to the next level (and the next site This is probably old hat, but it got my attention from the perspective of perceived security. I visited a site today which I had never been to, and lo and behold, halfway down the page it said “Hi Joe Tennis”! now, I made the
What’s in your C.V. And I don’t mean you curricula Vitae, here, Lou Rosenfeld just wrote a simple lay persons description of what a Controlled Vocabulary is and why you might like to take one to lunch. WebReview.com: Cuisinarts, E-Commerce, and … Controlled Vocabularies
Lack of explicit links and Learned Helplessness, or, “Can Designers Think” This is a classic case study in how NOT to hyperlink – and amazingly so coming from a great thinker in the field of Information Design. The label says “For interesting details, click on areas where the cursor arrow changes to pointed finger.” OK,
Flash Accessibility tips… in Flash! OK, this site ranks an A for effort, but lags in the usability department. If there’s one thing that burns me up, it’s people who simulate the look of a scroll bar, then remove functionality. I won’t go into it, but they’ve left UI standards behind. They make each menu