Usability
Usability is an inexact science, but I’m pretty sure there is at least one golden rule that is non-negotiable, and that’s this: Never, ever, insult your users. Unless your web site... Read More
I’ve just published the transcript of an interview I did with Andy Budd at Web Directions UX last week. It’s quite long, but well worth the read — we cover all sorts of topics such... Read More
Nathanael Boehm is reporting for SitePoint from Web Directions Government 2008, in Canberra Australia. It was a chilly start to the day with the temperature hovering just above zero degrees as we... Read More
Andy Budd kicked off the Web Directions User Experience conference this morning with some terrific insight into what makes a site that really works so memorable for the site’s users. The core... Read More
Since April 30, when the WCAG 2.0 Candidate Recommendation (CR) was released, there has been a ton of posts across the web telling us the WCAG 2 is almost, almost complete. I’m not here to do... Read More
One of the things I find absolutely frustrating about the web community in Sydney is the lack of information at industry nights and other local web events about mobile accessibility and, in... Read More
About a year and a half ago I was totally over Twitter. When I say “over it”, I mean So Over It that I couldn’t even get Into It. Twitter was new, I didn’t know many people... Read More
Some of you will already know The Interaction Design Association (IxDA) mail list. For those that don’t know it, the website and mail list are great resources and sources of discussion for anyone... Read More
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group has released a last call for comments on the working draft of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0… again: The Web Content... Read More
We can learn a lot about designing usable web sites from the offline world. For instance, when I was in Adelaide a couple of weeks ago visiting family, I took a drive around the Adelaide Hills.... Read More
World Usability Day is an international, annual event that will be held on November 8th this year with the theme of Health. The main goal of the event is to promote and encourage usability in the... Read More
I go through phases of complacency and disbelief when thinking about web accessibility. Working at SitePoint HQ, I’m fairly lucky in that everybody here is on the same page when it comes to... Read More
At Web Directions South 2007 in Sydney, SitePoint usability blogger Lisa Herrod (aka Scenario Girl) proposed a new way of looking at usability and accessibility within the web design process. Not... Read More
Oz-IA ran over the weekend in Sydney and it was a fantastic event. There were some really interesting presentations, and while I didn’t get to all of them, without doubt the most interesting for me... Read More




