November 19, 2006
Recently, I’ve started using Google spreadsheets on some client projects. Like OneNote (and like Gmail), Google spreadsheets automatically saves the document — there’s no need for the user to click save at any point. But what’s most interesting is that Google provides several “crutches” to ensure the user is confident that they don’t need to save.
November 17, 2006
A gaggle of iQ Geese went to the IIA Net Visionary Awards last night in Killiney Castle. We had the pleasure of spending the evening with Sue from Sink Digital Media, Conall from The Media Group and Maeve and Darragh from Elucidate
And the winners are….
November 15, 2006
Hot off the press from e-consultancy.com, is a news item covering a report from Fool Proof covering online car insurance. We did a similar report back in June, benchmarking the user experience of 20 Irish, UK and US car insurance websites.
November 14, 2006
A-Z indexes are rarely well implemented. Brian pointed that out in his April article, A-Z indexes: A painful exercise in mindreading. While I completely agree, I’ve gone ahead and produced an A-Z of usability for World Usability Day.
November 14, 2006
The ten usability websites I visit most often are:
November 13, 2006
Looking for the bus timetable on friday evening brought me to the Bus Éireann website. First thing that struck was some kind of a redesign to the homepage.
November 7, 2006
World Usability Day happens
on 14th November, and while we have our own plans to mark the occasion (watch this space), the most excellent folks at Flow Interactive have set up the website, Making Life Easy, to showcase examples of good and bad usability from around the world.
I made a guest appearance in “A dim view of the driving experience”, looking at an important usability issue in the Toyota Corolla
