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Top 10 Lame Excuses for Not Doing Usability Testing

It’s astonishing how many organizations never do usability testing on their websites or applications. And it’s funny the excuses you hear for not doing it. Let’s take a look the top 10.   1. “I don’t have a usability lab” … Read Full Post

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Great New Video: Strategies for Emerging Markets

Futurist Apala Lahiri Chavan recently posted a fascinating video on designing for emerging markets. (I’ve embedded the video at the end of this post.) The example she uses is the concept of micro-selling. Now ubiquitous in India, micro-selling is the … Read Full Post

Category: General, User Experience
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Web Design: The Case for Parallel Prototyping

First a definition: “Parallel Prototyping” is where multiple design concepts are evaluated before beginning an iterative design process. There are two different flavors of parallel prototyping (or parallel design): Several designers each create one or more designs, then the entire … Read Full Post

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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

Category: Cardinal Path, User Experience, Web Development
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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

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