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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Usability’
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 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.
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.
Our Man Jakob & his IA Tips!
Some great IA tips from the great man on common mistakes made in website architecture:
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ia-mistakes.html
Fianna Fail website - Unpatriotic…so much for supporting Irish Industry
Last night I listened to George Hook on Newstalk taking to two people about the Fianna Fail website launch yesterday (25th February) in Citywest. According to Fianna Fail it wasn’t exactly a launch more a soft launch but nevertheless it was a launch. I then heard that Fianna Fail had gone to an American company [...]
Ryanair - To blog or not to blog
Last week one of the Arekibo team sent around a post by Jason Roe about a error he found on the Ryanair website. The team were looking at it and discussing the benefits of posting comments like that on your blog.
We didn’t keep tabs on the discussion that followed but someone in Ryanair did and [...]
iPhone - 66% of mobile browsing market
According to Net Applications the iPhone has over 66% of the mobile web browsing traffic. It’s understandable that the iPhone has the market share as it does give a great user experience and the zooming capability is excellent. From a development point of view the iPhone’s Safari browser displays the same as the desktop browser [...]
Benefits of wireframes
Arekibo have been using wireframes to create the specifications for our project from day one. We believe that wireframes help our clients and all the members of our team to understand the requirements for the project and the manner in which the website or system should function.
There is a very interesting article and ongoing discussion [...]
Speed up your website
Speeding up your website is something you should consider, regardless of whether you are aiming your site at a broadband audience or not. Use this guide to help you understand why.