I am afflicted by a “disorder” which means I cannot immediately tell my left from my right. Ask me to put my right hand up and I have to think about it. It’s a source of much humour amongst other people but at times can be quite frustrating. I’m also not alone apparently but I have found [...]
Archive for the ‘Usability’ Category
Now where did I leave my keys…?
We here at Arekibo sometimes take the opportunity of the peace and quiet of home to work on designs, documents, reports, etc. Up until now this meant either making sure we have a copy of the relevant files on our laptops or memory keys, or that we email those files to ourselves. Sometimes (more often than is convenient) you leave that all important document either on your desktop in work, or worse, on your desktop at home.
AJAX “crawls”? Google to the rescue!
Google has offered their experience and support to make AJAX sites easy to crawl. Sounds like a win-win?
10 Useful Usability Findings and Guidelines…
Smashing Magazine have an excellent article called 10 Useful Usability Findings and Guidelines.
Lots of very good points and observations.
Check it out
A taste of @media 2009 - London
@media 2009 has been a great display of what is going on in the web industry at the moment and what is most likely to happen next. A good deal of professionals sharing their passion for the Web, work, concerns and ideas, always in a critical but constructive way.
A picture says a thousand words
There is a school of thought that would argue that a visitor to a website makes lasting impressions of their visit in a just a few seconds.
Time for DimDimS!!!
We here at Arekibo have found that we have had to more frequently provide demonstrations for our clients and prospective clients by using a web meeting client like WebEx. While this is all very good and functional, it does have it’s limitations and time constrictions (waiting for clients and users at the other end to [...]
Interesting advice for your online shop
There is an interesting piece of research from Human Factors International called ‘Does product sorting on a product web page influence decision-making?’
The research looks at how the sorting of products on a e-commerce site can influence the decisions that a customer will make when looking for/choosing a product.
Worth the read.
Opera Face Gestures - The future of browsing
Opera released a new feature for their browser called Face Gestures. The video explains what you need to do. Check out the opera site to find out more.
Would you ever be able to get any work done…now pull the other leg.
Freelance Web designers and CSS coders
Arekibo are looking for freelance web designers and CSS coders based in Dublin who are available for projects ranging from 5 days to 2 months.
Please Note: We do NOT require the assistance of recruitment agencies.
If you think you ‘fit the bill’ please email Jobs at Arekibo with a brief CV and examples of your work.