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 [...]