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Relationship between good content and usable user interfaces.
Since content is so important on the Web, it only makes sense that how that content is written is pretty important to how usable a site is.
Beyond usability and design: The narrative web
http://old.alistapart.com/stories/narrative/
Story-telling and building relationships.
Destination: A List Apart (3)
Author:
Bernstein, Mark (7)
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April 20, 2001
Form Flexible
http://www.uidesign.net/2000/opinion/integration.html
UI challenges for syndicated content.
Destination: uidesign.net (16)
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September 5, 2000
Building worldwide Web sites
http://www-106.ibm.com/develop ... /library/web-localization.html
Do not just translate: localize your site.
IBM developerWorks article by Michael Lerner, September 1999. Contents:
- Translate vs. localize
- Consequences
- Human translators
- Machine translation
- Cultural concerns
- Technical issues
- Language display
- Dynamic sites
- Multilingual maintenance
Concludes with "Ten ways to avoid localization pitfalls" and a list of related links.
Destination: IBM (9)
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October 30, 1999
Content Integration
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990627.html
Destination: Alertbox (101)
Author:
Nielsen, Jakob (116)
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June 27, 1999
The Undiscovered Craft of Web Writing
http://www.shorewalker.com/text/text32.html
Destination: Lighthouse (6)
Author:
Walker, David (4)
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June 8, 1999
Span of Attention
http://www.eastgate.com/HypertextNow/archives/Attention.html
Destination: HypertextNOW (6)
Author:
Bernstein, Mark (7)
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March 3, 1999
Web Pages Must Live Forever
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/981129.html
Old content keeps users.
Keeping old content alive will more than double the value of a site and only cost a small investment in content gardening. Removed pages equal lost users.
November 29, 1998, Alertbox by Jakob Nielsen.
Destination: Alertbox (101)
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Nielsen, Jakob (116)
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February 5, 1999
Readability of Websites with Various Colors, Fonts, Styles
http://hubel.sfasu.edu/research/AHNCUR.html
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Research (35)
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November 11, 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.
Destination: WebWord (25)
Author:
Rhodes, John (13)
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November 10, 1998
Click Here: How Not to Write for the Web
http://wp.netscape.com/computi ... /studio/feature19980827-1.html
Click here.
Or, click here or click there. (You get the point.)
Netcenter, Computing & Internet, Web Building, Studio article by Drue Miller.
Destination: Web Building Studio (4)
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October 5, 1998
Impact of Data Quality on the Web User Experience
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/980712.html
Effect of small data errors on usefulness of a site.
Incorrect data can foil searches and make it hard to find things. How to deal with data quality:
- Do not retype and be sure to validate the data (especially the important stuff)
- Make it easy for users to report errors
- Work despite errors, like with spelling checks
July 12, 1998 Alertbox by Jakob Nielsen.
Topic:
Issues (18)
Destination: Alertbox (101)
Author:
Nielsen, Jakob (116)
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August 18, 1998
Writing for the Web
http://www.sun.com/980713/webwriting/index.html
Destination: Sun (1)
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July 13, 1998
Writing for the Web
http://www.useit.com/papers/webwriting/index.html
How users read on the Web, how authors should write their Web pages.
Conclusion: "Our study suggests that scannable, concise, and objective writing styles each make a positive difference in Web users' performance and subjective satisfaction."
Full paper, shorter report, and detailed study materials available.
Research project by John Morkes and Jakob Nielsen.
Topic:
Research (35)
Destination: useit.com (9)
Author:
Nielsen, Jakob (116)
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October 1, 1997
Writing for the Web
http://members.aol.com/nancyds/webwrite.html
June 20, 1997
Language: The Ultimate User Interface
http://old.alistapart.com/stories/ultimate/
Destination: A List Apart (3)
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