Facebook Privacy - How to protect your Identity
29 August 2010
For many people, Facebook is the first stop in any web-surfing session. It has developed into a highly engaging combination of online bulletin board, personal scrapbook and group communication network. But did you ever wonder why, being all those things, Facebook is free?
Google Base / Google Merchant Centre
26 July 2010
Do you know what they are?
Google base in simple terms is an online database provided by Google. Users can add almost any type of content to the database in structured formats (such as XML, EXCEL, PDF etc). Recipes, classified ads, lecture notes - pretty much anything you can think of can be posted for free to Google Base.
Usability Testing – Keeping Testing Simple
29 June 2010
Why didnt we do this sooner?
What everyone says at some point during the first usability test of their web site.
Here are the main things we know about testing.
If you want a great site, you’ve got to test.
After you’ve worked on a site for even a few weeks, you can’t see it freshly anymore. You know too much. The only way to find out if it really works is to test it.
Testing reminds you that not everyone thinks the way you do, knows what you know, uses the Web the way you do.
We used to say that the best way to think about testing was that it was like travel: a broadening experience. It reminds you how different and the same people are, and gives you a fresh perspective on things.
Designing Your Home Page
14 June 2010
The first step in recovery is admitting that the Home Page is beyond your control
To design your website home page takes a lot of time and planning. Think about all the things your home page has to accommodate.
- Site identity and mission. Right off the bat, the home page has to tell you what site this is and what's it for and if possible, why I should be here and not at some other site.
- Site hierarchy. The home page has to give an overview of what the site has to offer, both content ("What can I find here?") and features ("What can I do here?") and how it's all organised. This is usually handled by the persistent navigation.
- Search. Most sites need to have a prominently displayed search box on the home page.
Street Signs and Breadcrumbs
25 May 2010
Designing Navigation
Its a fact:
People won’t use your Website if they can’t find their way around it.
You know this from your own experience as a web user. If you go to a site and can’t find what you’re looking for or figure out how the site is organised, you’re not likely to stay long – or come back. So how do you create the proverbial “clear, simple, and consistent” navigation?
Scene from a Shopping Centre:
Picture this: It’s Saturday afternoon and you’re headed for the local shopping centre to buy a chainsaw.