26.09.07
Jamie
A few of us at Dusted had the opportunity to take a trip to Brighton for the dConstruct 2007 conference. The conference was extremely interesting and covered some topics that will definitely encourage great design for the user experience! Read the rest of this entry »
24.05.07
Jamie
“Take a design… Put it in front of users. Change anything that doesn’t work. Repeat.” According to Jared Spool, customers don’t care about usability and design, it seems they are more interested in increased revenue and getting more business. Read the rest of this entry »
22.05.07
Jamie
For many developers a gentle nudge is often needed to encourage the correct use of semantic (X)HTML, the nudge in this case is Plain Old Semantic HTML (POSH). There is a POSH checklist for developers to follow and also some helpful resources. To keep on track just write meaningful markup and put presentation to one side, until you start writing the stylesheet.
13.04.07
Matt
An outstanding tool for visualising colour theory, ColorJack: Sphere can be used to create colour schemes or to see how different types of colour-blindness can effect the user’s experience. Also available as an OS X Widget for Dashboard.
12.04.07
Jamie
One of the drawbacks of web 2.0 apps is that the limitations of (X)HTML can cause usability and accessibility problems. The W3C’s standards draft for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) looks to address those limitations. Read the rest of this entry »
