Posts Tagged ‘myths’
Reflections on UPA 2010 – Dispelling usability myths
Posted Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 by James ChudleyIt’s easy to do things in the same way again and again without questioning your methodologies. A talk at UPA 2010 on myths in usability testing challenged me to reconsider my position on some long standing beliefs. This article outlines the nine myths that were discussed and in some instances were busted by the panel.
Designing for delight
Posted Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 by Giles Colborne‘We’ve got to surprise and delight our customers’ is one of those mantras that I’ve kept hearing over the years. I’ve always wondered how a company could do that. My research turned up some surprising answers.
The myth of the page fold: evidence from user testing
Posted Friday, September 18th, 2009 by Joe LeechJoe and Fiz break down the myth of the page fold with evidence from user testing, and give some tips to ensure content below the fold gets seen.
3 isn’t the magic number
Posted Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 by Fiz YazdiJared Spool gave an excellent talk at UX London in June called ‘Designing for Content-Rich Sites’. Fiz was there and here she talks about the myth of the 3 click rule.
The myths of mobile web design
Posted Friday, May 15th, 2009 by Giles ColborneGiles presented a talk at this years Internet World on the myths of mobile web design, we’ve got his slides to download here.