Category Archives: Usability

Website Beauty Tip: Never Use “Click Here”

August 2, 2007

It’s one of the easiest of web practices and yet I see it violated every day. I’m talking about the W3C’s guideline to make link text meaningful vs. links that say “Click here.” If you send me text to post … Continue reading …

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404s are Inevitable: How You Respond Isn’t

April 29, 2007

“404 Page Not Found” errors are one of those curses of the web. Left to its own devices, your web server software will spit back a stark message that’s bound to at least annoy, if not downright discourage, your users. … Continue reading …

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7 Ways to Draw Older People to Your Site

April 5, 2007

Speaking as Middle Old person (ugh, what a nasty label), I must say more websites than not are ill-suited to seniors. What might be cool to a younger audience is frequently bewildering to the point-of-no-return to an older audience. However, … Continue reading …

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5 Key Redesign Goals that Promote Ministry

April 1, 2007

Jacob Nielsen writes one of my favorite email newsletters: Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability. It’s not pretty, but it packs a ton of useful information into almost every issue. The March 12 issue on 10 High-Profit Redesign Priorities was … Continue reading …

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