Archive for the “Usability/Accessibility” category
Getting Users to Sign Up: Factors in Design and Content
by Jacob Gube on June 9, 2011
Conversions can be tricky to accomplish on any website. A conversion could mean more sales, more registered users or simply more engaged users. Having a great product and delivering value to the user are obviously the factors to focus on when you want to increase your conversion rate. But a conversion rate can also be [...]
Improving Usability with Fitts’ Law
by Jacob Gube on May 17, 2011
Back in 1954, psychologist Paul Fitts published an article the detailed his theory on human mechanics as it pertained to aimed movement. It was Fitts’ observation that the action of pointing to or tapping an target object could be measured and predicted mathematically. Fitts stated that the size of the target object along with its [...]
How Cognitive Biases Shape User Experience
by Jacob Gube on April 28, 2011
Everyone develops opinions regarding how things should look, how things should behave, and what things should be called. These cognitive biases make up the filter between what actually exists, and what we perceive to be true. The field of experience design attempts to realize a user’s cognitive biases, or opinions, and rationalizes design decisions that [...]
Usability Testing With Card Sorting
by Jacob Gube on April 25, 2011
Information architecture is a big component of web design. What order should elements go in? Is there a visual hierarchy that must be followed? What should go where? Is the current navigational structure the most efficient? These are just some questions that a designer faces. Many designers construct websites based on their own views of [...]
Human Behavior Theories That Can be Applied to Web Design
by Jacob Gube on November 16, 2010
Humans are logical creatures, and as surprising as this might be, when we visit a website our minds make a series of decisions that affect the actions we take. The ability to reason enables us to form judgments, reach conclusions and make decisions. If, on the web, we weren’t able to think on the spot [...]
Human Behavior Theories That Can be Applied to Web Design
by Jacob Gube on November 16, 2010
Humans are logical creatures, and as surprising as this might be, when we visit a website our minds make a series of decisions that affect the actions we take. The ability to reason enables us to form judgments, reach conclusions and make decisions. If, on the web, we weren’t able to think on the spot [...]