WebWord (25 links)
John Rhodes site about web usability.
Statistically Analyzing Success Rates in Web Usability Testing: The Cochran's Q Test
http://webword.com/moving/cochransq.html
Author:
Griffith, Jamie (1)
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March 3, 2001
Colorblindness and Usability
http://webword.com/moving/colorblindness.html
Topic:
Accessibility (19)
Author:
Follansbee, Todd (1)
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February 10, 2001
Usability Around the Globe: Resources
http://webword.com/moving/global.html
Topics:
Link Collections (21),
Intercultural (6)
Author:
Rhodes, John (13)
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January 8, 2001
Usability Can Save Your Company
http://webword.com/moving/savecompany.html
Usability research is exactly what companies need.
5 tips on how usability will save your company.
Topic:
Value (10)
Author:
Rhodes, John (13)
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December 21, 2000
Preference Does Not Equal Performance
http://webword.com/moving/preference.html
Author:
Rhodes, John (13)
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March 26, 2000
XML: What You Need to Know
http://webword.com/interviews/stlaurent.html
Topics:
Interviews (15),
Technology (18)
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March 21, 2000
A Sitemap on Every Page
http://www.webword.com/reports/sitemap.html
Usage stats from a small site with a site map at the bottom of every page.
65% is the number for usage of the site map. The stats are from Peter Van Dijck, while the report is from WebWord.com.
I have used the site-map-on-every-page successfully as well. It works when the site is small enough (< 30 pages), it is already well-organized (ie, the structure that the site map represents makes sense), and when people may indeed need to jump around a bit (not a tour or an ordering process).
Buit I think it is most effective when the site represents a core set of knowledge that people want to cover most of, but may want to do it in their own way. The site map on every page lets users see (by the color of the links) what they have already read and what they have yet to visit. The site map is in essence a checklist of content at the site and the color of the site map tells them how far they are in reading it all.
And in these cases, the overall strucutre of the site should be the most logical path through the information. Thus the site map conveys one good way to cover the material, yet readers are free to deviate.
Topic:
Supplemental Navigation (7)
Author:
Dijck, Peter van (5)
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February 24, 2000
Are You Creating a Path of Resistance?
http://webword.com/moving/path.html
Forcing the use of 'www' is a minor usability hurdle.
Topic:
Linking (10)
Author:
Rhodes, John (13)
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October 6, 1999
WebWord.com Interviews
http://webword.com/interviews/index.html
Topic:
Interviews (15)
Author:
Rhodes, John (13)
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August 1, 1999
Usability Perspective on Banner Ads
http://webword.com/moving/banners.html
Moving WebWord rant on why banner ads do not work.
Topic:
Advertising (4)
Author:
Rhodes, John (13)
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July 1, 1999
When to Link Out of Your Site
http://webword.com/moving/linkout.html
Topic:
Linking (10)
Author:
Rhodes, John (13)
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June 5, 1999
WebWord Hot Web Sites
http://webword.com/hotsites.html
Topic:
Link Collections (21)
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May 18, 1999
WebWord.com Newsletter Archive
http://webword.com/archive/index.html
Topic:
Communities (8)
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January 19, 1999
8 Quick Tips for a More Usable E-commerce Web Site
http://webword.com/moving/8quick.html
Topic:
Ecommerce (25)
Author:
Rhodes, John (13)
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December 30, 1998
Moving WebWord
http://webword.com/moving/index.html
Internet usability column by John S. Rhodes.
About-monthly collection of articles on a wide variety of usability/Internet issues.
Part of WebWord.com, "the voice of Internet usability and human factors".
Author:
Rhodes, John (13)
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November 10, 1998
JavaScript and Web Site Usability
http://webword.com/interviews/goodman.html
Interview with Danny Goodman.
Questions answered by the "guru of scripting languages" include:
- How can JavaScript be used to improve the user interface?
- How can JavaScript be used to personalize a Web site?
- What about older browsers don't support JavaScript?
Interview by John S. Rhodes.
Topics:
Dynamic HTML (3),
Interviews (15)
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November 10, 1998
Credit Cards and Web Site Usability
http://webword.com/moving/creditcards.html
How credit cards make your site easier to use.
Credit cards are easy to use and familiar and help users get what they want right away. Just make users feel secure about the transaction.
October 3, 1998 "Moving WebWord" article by John S. Rhodes.
Topic:
Ecommerce (25)
Author:
Rhodes, John (13)
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November 10, 1998
Crap, Sucks, Turd, Puke!
http://webword.com/moving/crap.html
Using appropriate language level at your site.
Advice on how to write in your users' language, elevated slightly so you do not offend them. Hire professional writers and invite criticism are other tidbits of advice.
November 9, 1998 "Moving WebWord" article by John S. Rhodes.
Topic:
Content (15)
Author:
Rhodes, John (13)
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November 10, 1998
http://webword.com/moving/death.html
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Rhodes, John (13)
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http://webword.com/moving/against.html
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http://webword.com/interviews/head.html
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http://webword.com/reports/may2000logfile.html
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http://webword.com/moving/tang001.html
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Author:
Tang, Beth (1)
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http://webword.com/moving/berk001.html
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Author:
Berkowitz, David (1)
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http://webword.com/flashusability.html
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