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  • 11 Sites with Great Search


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  • The Lean Launch: Develop (Phase Three of Five)


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    Fractal (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Now that’s we’ve discuss the define and design phases of building an application, we’re ready to get technical. The develop phase can largely run in parallel with the design phase. As always, we’ll take a top down approach and we’ll use the planning we started in the ...
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  • Apache JMeter - Setup


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    Load testing is aimed at putting demand on a system or device and measuring its response. It is performed to determine a system’s behavior under both normal and anticipated peak load conditions. It helps to identify the maximum operating capacity of an application as well as any bottlenecks and determine which ...
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  • How-to : write effective URLs for your pages


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    > understanding the stake of URLs in both usability and SEO Even today I often come upon unclean URLs in websites I browse – you know, the kind of ones that look like this : ...
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  • Creating a Google Maps shortcode for WordPress


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    This week we’ll be extending WordPress by adding a custom shortcode. This shortcode will allow us to add a Google Map to a post using a simple piece of text in a post or page. Shortcodes are a quick and easy way to add functionality to a post in WordPress.
    6 days ago

  • The Lean Launch: Design (Phase Two of Five)


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    This early sketch of the Bigshot camera by Shree K. Nayar shows some of the form factors that were considered during its initial design phase. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Continuing on from our process in the define phase , we now have a document that lists our thesis, users, their goals, objects, relationships, ...
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  • Case for no auto-play video or audio


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    Audio-play audio or video will immediately get a website added to negative usability example lists, incessant mocking, as well as, post-dating the website (what is this, 2002?).
    1 week ago

  • Organization of content with cards sorting


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    > design effective information architecture in only 3 steps ! The structure of content is undeniably the very base of a successful website project : indeed this is all about smartly organising information to make it reachable for your users. This work is what will later help to define the visual aspect of ...
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  • The FDA Patient Network Website – Patient-Centeredness that Walks the Walk--David Harlow


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    The FDA launched an impressive  patient network website this month, after nearly four years of research, focus groups, usability testing and more. The twin goals for this website are promoting the educational mission of the FDA, and promoting opportunities for patient advocacy within the FDA — and earlier in the ...
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  • HCI International 2013


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    15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 21 - 26 July 2013, Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA The program is now online >>> Im going to chair the following section: Design, User Experience and Usability in Tourism-related Applications Chair(s): Lorenzo Cantoni ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Facebook Gets A New Look (Again)


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    The continued long and drawn-out death of skeuomorphic design took another step forward this month with a redesign by the world’s biggest social media site, Facebook. While redesign and Facebook have become somewhat synonymous over the years, something feels different this time. While the r
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  • Ultimate Resources For Mobile Web Application Design


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    In this post, I have put together just over 70 resources for developing mobile websites and web applications. This collection is more focused on HTML5 / CSS3 / JS webapps as opposed to frameworks or native applications. The purpose is to give your mobile webapp a similar look & feel commonplace with native ...
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  • How bad can usability of a large website be in 2013?


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    Just ask Kijiji, a classifieds site that is fairly popular in French speaking Canada. Let’s say you have just filled out the ad submission form and hit submit. What do you think the message says that I’ve blurred out in the red box? Very easy! It obviously says: Thank you for having posted your ad. ...
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  • How to download PDF files directly to my iPad or iPhone


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    My aunt got an iPad, and asked me how to download PDF files on it. When I got to her home, she told me that she already had the files in her iPad, but when I took a look at the files, I realized that she created a direct access link to the PDF in... Continue reading »
    2 weeks ago

  • 5 Quick Tips for Shipping Internationally


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    View original here: 5 Quick Tips for Shipping Internationally a2a_linkname="5 Quick Tips for Shipping Internationally";a2a_linkurl="http://www.frenzycommerce.com/2013/05/10/5-quick-tips-for-shipping-internationally/";
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  • Winning the Information War with Mobile


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    Guest Post by Hemant Ramachandra We’ve all heard the saying that information is power and that’s never been truer. Today’s consumers are now often armed with more information than the sales teams that serve them. As a result, the sales force is often at a disadvantage—needing to scramble to make sure they ...
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  • World of Warcraft Loses 1.3 Million Players in First Quarter of 2013


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    hypnosec writes “World of Warcarft, the gaming industry’s most popular franchise and one of Blizzard’s cash cows, is bleeding subscribers with 1.3 million defecting from the game in the first quarter of 2013 alone. Blizzard revealed a subscriber decline of over 14%, the total now standing at 8.3 million in their ...
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  • ASOS Opens in Russia


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    … but still has some work to do ASOS Russia Home Page Joining the ranks of leading international e-commerce companies like Amazon , Kayak , Airbnb and eBay either announcing plans or opening a localized Russian offering, UK-based ASOS has officially launched the Russian version of its site. The ASOS ...
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  • Plain language vs. ploddledygook: the worm turns


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    Red Guards: fighting a revolution with words. Photo: Villa Giulia. Creative Commons “Call the police. Ploddledygook is murdering the English language,” went a headline in The Times on 9 May 2013. Simon de Bruxelles quoted a hefty chunk of impenetrable blah posing as “instructions” for police officers ...
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  • 4 things to consider before starting AB Testing


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    Last week we had the opportunity to talk to Gregorry Ciotti, marketing strategist at Help Scout, and Sabina Idler, community manager, technical writer & UXer at Usabilla, about going beyond AB testing with your optimization strategy. I often see conversion rate optimization campaigns starting with AB testing ...
    2 weeks ago

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