Searching for apps and commands by typing rather than clicking; is typing the new clicking?
Posted on: Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 at 2:02 am by Anup Shah
Microsoft recently announced an add-on to Office 2007 to let people search for commands by typing it in if they can’t find it in the new Ribbon user interface.
I find it interesting that a number of interfaces are now offering “shortcuts” to mouse clicking everywhere.
Is typing become the new clicking?
Usability — only the first step?
Posted on: Saturday, August 11th, 2007 at 12:27 pm by Anup Shah
Usability is often considered a big deal and ultimate goal for a site. While obviously important, user experience expert Jesse James Garrett (also the guy the coined the phrase AJAX) makes the point that it is just the first step.
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Young People Don’t Notice Technology
Posted on: Sunday, July 29th, 2007 at 11:21 am by Anup Shah
Young people don’t notice technology; its just a part of their lives. And that is how it should be. For web development this underscores the importance of usability. Its only us that should worry about one-naught stuff!
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The power of line height and whitespace
Posted on: Friday, July 27th, 2007 at 3:51 pm by Anup Shah
Simple things like using wider fonts (e.g. verdana instead of arial, or georgia instead of times), generous line height, and good use of white space (e.g. margins and paddings) can dramatically improve the accessibility, usability and aesthetics of your pages. Use them!
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