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Michael Straker

The Best HFI Animation Yet: “6 Steps to Persuasive Design”

HFI’s latest animated video, “6 Steps to Persuasive Design”, is their best yet. In this compelling 5½ minute animation, HFI’s CEO Dr Eric Schaffer neatly lays out the six major steps to creating an effective and persuasive website experience, one … Read Full Post

Verify: Low Cost Usability Testing Gets Even Better

Just two weeks ago, I wrote that “it’s not often useful new [UX] tools come out”. Then days later I was advised of another great enhancement, this time to ZURB’s Verify app. When I first reviewed Verify 1 ½ years … Read Full Post

Mikey Don’t Like It: An Annoying User Experience on cnn.com

I had a particularly annoying experience on cnn.com the other day. A video caught my eye, so I launched it – even though I knew I’d likely have to sit through an ad before the site would show me the … Read Full Post

Good, Fast and Cheap User Testing – Now on Mobile Devices Too!

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Usability Testing in all its forms: live or remote, moderated or not. And though there are lots of options for running and recording usability tests on desktop websites, options for testing … Read Full Post

Oops! (When “Best Practices” Fail)

If you’ve done enough conversion testing, you’ve doubtless encountered this embarrassing scenario: You design a revised version of a landing page based on established best practices… and your revised version ends up a big loser. Or the test ends up … Read Full Post

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