Thursday, June 9, 2005

Talk about a discount. . . You've heard of discount usability testing; how about a 5-second test? Jared tells you how. 5-Second Tests: Measuring Your Site's Content Pages. How can design teams be confident their content pages are understandable to users? How does a team ensure they've designed content pages that communicate the essential information effectively? A simple usability testing technique can help design teams quickly measure how a content page performs with users. We call it the 5-Second Test. Read this article [UIE Research Articles] 9:27:30 PM    Questions? Comments? Flames? []

Tempted by PowerPoint Kathy has some very useful thoughts and checklists to prevent the evil that is a PowerPoint presentation: Stop your presentation before it kills again!. "I'll leave you with Tufte's fateful words, 'Power corrupts. PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.' Be careful out there... someone could get hurt." (Kathy Sierra - Creating Passionate Users) [InfoDesign: Understanding by Design] 9:24:04 PM    Questions? Comments? Flames? []

Control Peter has more to say about design and control: Designing for the Sandbox. I've been thinking a lot about control and design. People who design experiences often believe that in order to succeed they must exert complete control... [peterme.com] 9:16:38 PM    Questions? Comments? Flames? []

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