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Blogging Policy and Guidelines

over 5 years ago by Jesper Rønn-Jensen on justaddwater.dk.
Part of our “blog usability” series. IBM’s frontpage focus on blogging inspired me to dig into their blogging policy and guidelines ...

Firefox 2 tip: autocomplete in search box

over 5 years ago by Jesper Rønn-Jensen on justaddwater.dk.
As Firefox 2 is set to release this Tuesday, I just want to share this neat trick with you. Use the Google search box in top right corner as a simple calculator...

Bad Usability Calendar 2007 open for proposals

over 5 years ago by Jesper Rønn-Jensen on justaddwater.dk.
Our Norwegian friends at Netlife Research have opened for suggestions to next years Bad Usability Calendar. I already used the 2006 calendar with great...

88% never use personalization

~5 years ago by Jesper Rønn-Jensen on justaddwater.dk.
I conducted a little research today on our intranet. We have a links list that can be personalized to your preference. It turns out that 88% never use it...

Blog Usability: Distracting Bookmark Icons

~5 years ago by Jesper Rønn-Jensen on justaddwater.dk.
“Make this page my home page” Do you remember this from the pre-bubble era? Lots of websites had a link like this. Who used it by the way? I...

Usability Toolkit Now Available

~5 years ago by Jesper Rønn-Jensen on justaddwater.dk.
Daniel Szuc tipped me about The Usability Toolkit, now available from Sitepoint. I just ordered a set, and I’m really looking forward to this, as...

4 easy steps for documenting user interface

~5 years ago by Jesper Rønn-Jensen on justaddwater.dk.
I was asked today on which best practices exist in documenting user interfaces. Especially with focus on documenting how and where the user interface (GUI...

Paradox of Choice — Barry Schwartz Video

~5 years ago by Jesper Rønn-Jensen on justaddwater.dk.
The most influential talk I have heard this year is Barry Schwartz on the paradox of choice. I cannot recommend this talk enough, so I was thrilled to see...

Contributing to Wikipedia usability resources

~5 years ago by Jesper Rønn-Jensen on justaddwater.dk.
Recently I contacted Frank Spillers (of experience dynamics) in order to update wikipedia with citations in an article he originally crafted. In the article...

Windows Vista Off Button Usability Issues

~5 years ago by Jesper Rønn-Jensen on justaddwater.dk.
Below is my argument that some user interface widgets are introduced only because of buggy software. First let’s have a look at Windows Vista. Joel...