May 16, 2007
The Irish Independent launched the latest version of their online publication today and, in my view, have upped the ante for news online in Ireland.
I’ve been taking it through some its paces for the last hour or so and I’m impressed. There’s some great design gone into it. Here are some of my highlights
April 1, 2007
While I’m in no doubt that these guys do excellent work, their linking policy perplexes me. At least that was my first impression when seeing it referenced on SEO expert, Richard Hearne’s blog.
March 1, 2007
In his latest website celebrity death match, our Dave pits the user experience of Ryanair against that of JetBlue. Who comes out top?
March 1, 2007
AIB went live with a new homepage today. While not commenting on the usability or information design of the new page, I’ve done a quick case study on the potential benefits of AIB’s adopting web standards on the IIA blog. Hat tip to Michele Neylon whose post alerted me to the new design.
January 26, 2007
Back in 2000, Sydney hosted the Olympic Games. At the time, Sydney also hosted what is probably the most often cited legal case involving web accessibility. After visiting the Australia Day website, it appears that history is repeating itself…
January 18, 2007
Cognitive psychology talks about change blindness, web design about navigational blindness. What they have in common is that the focus of attention is away from where it should be, and as a result, important on screen activity or page elements are ignored.
My recent experience on art.com is a great example of why you need to think about where your user’s attention is when designing page navigation…
November 22, 2006
I came across this new search from Microsoft called Ms. Dewey yesterday, it’s a flash based search interface with video and audio of a woman (Ms. Dewey) who gives her opinion on what you search for, along with the search results.
Doing a search for ‘pint of guinness’ and she’ll pour a beer (not quite guinness but close enough!) right in front of you, while searching for ‘iPod’ gives a few different answers, from a rant about your mp3 collection to what headphones to wear.