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
Free clip art photo portraits I just *have* to do one of these myself… Photos of Jakob Nielsen
A Topic Maps Wiki!! Jeez, the second good one from Peter Van Dijck in the same week: Easy Topic Maps
We’re all lucky that Lou Rosenfeld isn’t a 7th day adventest, or we may have had to wait an extra day for this introspective take on how to select components for the initial design of a web site Bloug Entry (Dec 16, 2001) Selecting IA Components©LouisRosenfeld.com
New to Topic Maps? The concepts of this rather heady new standard are gently explained here: Understanding Topic Maps
A dandy study, though probably needs revisiting. Miner’s “Body Ritual among the Nacirema”
Reducing reliance on superstition Then an article which tears that concept up a bit. Thanks to Naomi B. Robbins for the link to that one! Human Factors International–ensuring usability through software ergonomics, human factors and design artistry