Usability // Posts tagged as "Usability"
Minimize Visual Noise with White Space
So far, we’ve discussed minimizing complexity by killing or hiding features. But minimizing “perceived” complexity is also important. The amount of visual noise in an interface has a great deal of impact on the perceived complexity of the interface. Keeping visual noise to a bare minimum will make an interface seem easier to use. The...
Hide Complexity in Design
If you can’t kill a complex feature, the next best thing is to hide it. Too often, rarely used yet complex features take up more screen real estate than frequently used yet simple features. This shouldn’t be. A good user interface should make the most common tasks the most prominent and then hide rare tasks...
Typography Study Line Height Line Length
We conducted a number of case studies in an attempt to identify common design solutions and practices. So far, we have analyzed Web forms, blogs, typography and portfolios; and more case studies will be published next month. We have found some interesting patterns that could serve as guidelines for dealing with Typography, Line Heights, and...
Effective User Testing Doesn’t Have To Be Extensive
Jakob Nielsen’s study on the ideal number of test subjects in usability tests found that tests with just five users would reveal about 85% of all problems with your website, whereas 15 users would find pretty much all problems.
The Ideal Search Box Is 27-Characters Wide
What’s the ideal width of a search box? Is there such a thing?
Users Focus On Faces
People instinctively notice other people right away when they come into view. On Web pages, we tend to focus on people’s faces and eyes, which gives marketers a good technique for attracting attention. But our attraction to people’s faces and eyes is only the beginning; it turns out we actually glance in the direction the...
Form Labels Work Best Above the Field
A study by UX Matters found that the ideal position for labels in forms is above the fields. Why is that? Because forms are generally vertically oriented; i.e. users fill the form from top to bottom.
Master CSS Layout and UI Design
CSS is now the primary language used to create page layouts on modern websites. There are almost limitless possibilities for creating page layouts and user interfaces with CSS, but below are some of the more interesting techniques.
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