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Oct 03
2008

Obama Launches iPhone App, Makes Everyone A Campaign Worker

Posted by Jen Kramer McKibben in usabilitysocial networkingmobile phonesfrontend interface design

Article is here.

Leave politics aside for the moment, and just consider the beauty of this application.

The problem: You need to get millions of people to vote for you in an election. 

The details: You know that personal contact is the best way to win

Oct 03
2008

4Web Update: Why are we so busy in this economy?

Posted by Jen Kramer McKibben in web businessusabilityjoomla 1.5customer service4web news

For our fans, we haven't been posting much because... well, we've been awfully busy. We are thrilled with our first 9 months in business. We established a new company, just as the economy was tanking and gas and oil prices were going sky-high. Yet

Sep 02
2008

My Google Chrome rant encapsulated

Posted by Jen Kramer McKibben in web standardsweb businessweb browsersusability

The first pane of the first page of the comic book on Google Chrome says this:

"Today, most of what we use the web for on a day-to-day basis aren't just web pages, they're applications."

Ok, pop quiz: How many people's favorite non-technical friend

Sep 02
2008

New browser: Google Chrome

Posted by Jen Kramer McKibben in web standardsweb businessweb browsersusabilityfrontend interface design

Yesterday, Google announced it was releasing its own open-source web browser to compete with Internet Explorer and Microsoft, called Google Chrome.  The big links include:

Aug 27
2008

Signs of a well-developed mobile phone site

Posted by Jen Kramer McKibben in usabilitymobile phonesinformation architecturefrontend interface design

While on vacation, I used my phone for surfing the web. Each morning I check the weather, the news, stuff like that.  While away, I used my phone to do this.

So let's compare two news sites: The Washington Post and CNN, regular formats, and the Post

Jul 09
2008

Screen resolutions

Posted by Jen Kramer McKibben in usabilityfrontend interface design

Still designing for 800x600?  We might finally be able to look at 1024x768 instead.

Browser stats at W3Schools suggest that only 8% of the population are still using 800x600 settings.

What should you do? It Depends, of course.  If your client has

Jul 01
2008

Keep It Simple

Posted by Samantha Bovat in usability

Have you ever gone to a restaurant only to be completely overwhlemed by the menu? There were so many choices that you just couldn't make up your mind? Well, think about that the next time you create a web page.

As Barrie made quite clear in his

Jun 25
2008

Wow! Even Bill Gates rants about how bad Windows is

Posted by Jen Kramer McKibben in usability

Of course, the Seattle PI has published something from 5 years ago, but it's still very interesting
Jun 10
2008

Dropdown/flyout menus: A Rant

Posted by Jen Kramer McKibben in usabilityinformation architecturefrontend interface design

Crossposted from my Joomla class discussion:

Some of you have been very interested to discuss dropdown menus (also called flyout menus) on your websites.

By "dropdown menus", we're talking about the list of links that show up as subnavigation for a

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