Basics
This section features tutorials on all the basic skills for web site design and designing good usable web pages, through insight into the core thinking that supports the design of effective and usable web sites.
Using web sites should be easy and pleasant, just like a great experience in a shop, hotel, or library. We believe that the all web sites can be made lovable, easy, rewarding and pleasurable to use.
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Apr22006Web Design Conventions
Understanding how to use conventions is a critical skill in design2 comments -
Mar232006
How to Design for the Brain’s Strengths
Understanding what the human brain has evolved to do helps designers create better web pages -
Mar152006
The Design Spectrum
A visual tool for picturing the relative aesthetic and functional elements of a design solution -
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Feb212006
Trusting the Web Site User
Why it's important to trust users when designing web sites and applications -
Feb142006
Why Most Web Sites Suck
Reveals the main reasons why most web sites and web page designs are so bad -
Feb72006
Web Users are Impatient
Why web users are impatient when using the web, and what designers can do to improve the online user experience -
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Jan12006
Why the web is hostile and how we cope
People don't use web sites in the way web designers think they do. This article explores why the web is so difficult to use, what people do to cope, and the implications for design.
