Posts filed under ‘Accessibility, usability and readability’

Page titles that link to the same page: Pet peeve 287

Page titles that link to the same page are an annoyance that can be easily remedied.

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Unify: making sites simple for clients

A CMS is a powerful, complex entity. For the majority of smaller sites, an alternative such as Unit Interactive’s Unify is simpler, cheaper and more flexible.

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Conversion design & users: Investigating the Baymard Institute

Conversion design is great but you need to consider your users’ requirements if you want to convert visits. Users can’t be made to do your bidding.

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Vertical navigation and not making users think

An article about the apparent demise and general uselessness of vertical navigation menus may make you rethink visual design and information architecture.

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Balance, dramatic tension & the empty column

Leaving a number of web page columns nearly empty and filling the rest with body text provides an easy way to create balance and tension in a web page. The placement of the empty columns can perhaps enhance the effect.

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