As a usability expert, I decided to quickly review Userfly (http://www.userfly.com) and share my findings with the community.
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Company Portal Best Practices
01
Apr 2009
Efficiency, memorability, and error reduction are the three most important usability attributes considered in the design of an intranet or portal. Read the rest of this article to learn more about these three principles.
Category: SAP EP, SharePoint, Usability, User Interface
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Example Usability Test
20
Mar 2009
Below is a short example usability test, as provided by Usability.gov. It is a nice, informal usability test. To find out more, or to view other tests and reports, including a formal usability test, visit their site.
Category: Usability, User Interface
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10 Things A Portal Must Have
20
Mar 2009
Obviously, most companies are moving towards having intranet portals. However, companies often fail to do it right. Although developing a global portal for your company doesn’t seem difficult, the challenges are overwhelming. Read about 10 things that all portals must have.
Category: Design, SAP EP, SharePoint, Usability, User Interface
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Design Darwinism
13
Mar 2009
Back in the day, when UI’s and design for usability was first coming around, companies like Xerox has money to burn on closed session testing, video taped user testing sessions, and more. They experimented with different UI possibilities behind closed doors, and had the luxury of only releasing a well tested UI. Today, UI experiments are happening all around us.
Category: Design, Usability, User Interface
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10 Ways To Improve Accessibility
11
Mar 2009
I recently wrote an article here concerning the importance of improving accessibility. Now, due to popular demand, I have decided to create this article highlighting ten ways to improve accessibility on your site.
Category: Design, Usability
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The Attention Economy
10
Mar 2009
Although most companies never seem to notice, the web has changed things into what Jakob Neilson refers to as the Attention Economy. This economy completely flips the script on the economy created by traditional media.
Category: Design, Usability, User Interface
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Is Your Home Page Correct?
09
Mar 2009
A lot of thought has to go into a home page design – in reality, it is your one shot – your one chance – to get it right. You need to capture the user, provide answers, give options, and more. Home page design is not an easy thing, and it is seldom done correctly.
Category: Design, Usability, User Interface
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Calculating Employee Worth
06
Mar 2009
In today’s day and age, quantifying how usability translates into profit can sometimes be a bit of a challenge. At the very least, we should be able to quantify how usability translates into savings. Here is an article – paired with a formula – to help justify usability changes on sites and projects.
Category: Usability
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