Posts Tagged ‘usability’

How to create secure and memorable passwords

Posted Friday, February 19th, 2010 by Richard Caddick

Tips on how to create a secure password that you will remember.

10 ways you can use photos to influence the user experience

Posted Friday, January 29th, 2010 by James Chudley

Photos can have a fundamental effect upon the user experience but as UX designers we generally ignore them. In this article James Chudley, our resident photographer, shares ten ways that you can use photos to enhance the user experience as well as suggesting a new way to annotate photographs in your wireframes and prototypes.

Five tips to improve your user interface design

Posted Thursday, January 14th, 2010 by Richard Caddick

Five top tips to improve user interface design at an early stage of project development.

Usability Open Day – 12th November

Posted Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 by Fiz Yazdi

cxpartners open their doors to celebrate World Usability Day. We’re offering free advice and support for any project that could be more user-focused. Drop in for an informal chat with some of the leading consultants in the South West.

The myth of the page fold: evidence from user testing

Posted Friday, September 18th, 2009 by Joe Leech

Joe 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.

The cxpartners user experience surgery

Posted Friday, August 14th, 2009 by Bonny Colville-Hyde

Bonny takes a look at how our new service, the cxsurgery works and what you can achieve by having an appointment at our ’surgery’!

International differences: What cultural differences can we see between Western and Asian websites?

Posted Monday, June 15th, 2009 by Chui Chui Tan

Chui Chui takes a look at the major design differences between some popular websites in Europe/US compared to their Asian equivalents.

Usability and user experience

Posted Thursday, April 16th, 2009 by Richard Caddick

What’s the difference between usability and user experience? Our MD Richard has a go at answering this common question.

Justifying usability research

Posted Thursday, April 9th, 2009 by Giles Colborne

Giles answers some common questions about why running user experience and usability research is a good idea.

Usability testing isn’t all about the user

Posted Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 by Steve Cable

To get the most from usability tests you need the right environment.