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“Usability” Category

9th Apr 2008 A Shinier, Tastier Green Apple
An eco-friendly ecommerce redesign.
7th Mar 2008 Early-March Link Dump
Zombies, information, layouts, maps, pi and more.
21st Sep 2007 Mid-September Link Dump
Karma, fish, evil, dinosaurs, bugs and more.
23rd Jun 2007 Switch to Fast User Switching
No more disputes over that LOLcat wallpaper.
18th May 2007 In a Zen State
Just a brief e-commerce grumble.
3rd Apr 2007 Using HTTP Status Codes
Errors for all occasions.
26th Mar 2007 Typing Curly Quotes, Accents, etc. In OS X
Put that Option/alt/funny-symbol key to good use.
8th Mar 2007 License to Phish
Companies that confuse users are helping fraudsters.
10th Jan 2007 iWant1
Yeah, yeah, I’m going on about the iPhone too.
22nd Dec 2006 Christmas Wrap-up
Blah, humbug.
18th Dec 2006 Celebrity Scribbles
Jeff Bridges’ idiosyncratic approach to web design.
23rd Oct 2006 Password Shouting
A nifty feature for CAPS LOCK USERS.
13th Oct 2006 Telephone Number Usability
Death to (0) !
14th Sep 2006 Tweaking WordPress Page Titles
Improve most themes with a snippet of code.
5th Aug 2006 Perplexing Multiplex
A usability horror movie.
9th May 2006 Domesday Data
The tricky business of archiving information.
1st May 2006 April Link Dump
Dinosaurs, email, stick figures, design, modelling, drums, video, text and clutter.
12th Mar 2006 All Googled Out
No more AdSense and Analytics for now.
4th Jan 2006 Feeds, Icons and Orange
Falling into line with Mozilla and Microsoft.
2nd Jan 2006 New Year Link Dump
Clearing out miscellaneous bits’n’pieces.
21st Nov 2005 Analysing Analytics
Giving Google’s new web stats a try.
17th Nov 2005 A Slight Snag With Amazon DVD Rentals
We’re supposed to be good at queuing over here.
16th Oct 2005 Minimal Navigation From Apple
No clutter of buttons on their remote control.
5th Sep 2005 Best Corporate Motto Ever
I quote this one far too often.
4th Sep 2005 Finishing Touches: Useful URLs
The address bar is part of your site’s interface.
14th Aug 2005 Finishing Touches: Presenting Feeds
‘RSS’? ‘XML’? ‘All a bit of a mess’?
26th Jul 2005 “Kids Love Potter, Jerry”
J.K.Rowling demonstrates how not to use Flash.
25th Jun 2005 Sagem PVR6240T Review
A cheap hard disk recorder for UK digital terrestrial broadcasts.
17th May 2005 Unsettled British Weather
BBC TV forecasts now using newfangled 3D technology.
15th May 2005 Rearranging the Weblog Furniture
Just a few unspectacular changes to structure and presentation.
14th Apr 2005 Gmail Basic HTML View
Not as accessible as it should be.
12th Apr 2005 Amazon DVD Rentals
Initial impressions are mostly positive.
19th Mar 2005 Minimalist Menus
Keeping interactive systems simple.
24th Feb 2005 Finishing Touches: Permalinks
Fine-tuning weblog entries’s links.
15th Feb 2005 The Flashy Rodent Dilemma
Should I stick with DHTML when redesigning malevole?
8th Dec 2004 Mistake Number 21?
Hundreds of links to choose from. Great.
2nd Dec 2004 Stirring Things Up
Good portal sites spread the fame around a little.
30th Nov 2004 Sorry Walkman
Yet another music player lamb to the iPod slaughter?
20th Nov 2004 Focussing on the Reptilian
The perils of using simplistic market research to make decisions.
15th Nov 2004 “Are We Nearly There Yet?”
A minor Firefox usability grumble.
3rd Nov 2004 Submit Yourself to the Button
Yield! Surrender! Give in to authority!

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