Enhance user experience by auto-selecting location
A few days ago I did something I’ve never done before, get take out from Applebees Restaurant. (I am in no way endorsing Applebees, just merely writing about an experience I had with them) Upon visiting their site something sparked my attention. Highlighted on the image above is the closest Applebees location to me. I [...]
In: thoughts, user experience · Tagged with: applebees, geolocation, ip, location, retail, usability
Avoid frustrating users with tabindex
Even if you can use a mouse most of the time its easier to use a keyboard to fill out web forms. HTML has a nifty attribute called “tabindex” which allows the site creator to dictate how the user will navigate through the forms or links on the page. The default tab order is usually [...]
In: accessibility, thoughts · Tagged with: form, tabindex, usability, web
[Presentation] Focusing on your Users
This week I had the privileged of speaking at the Michigan Usability Professionals Association (MIUPA) meeting. I can’t explain what a great group of people they are, I feel humbled being around so many people with much more formal experience and training than myself. My Approach Although I come from a computer science background I [...]
In: accessibility, event, thoughts · Tagged with: meeting, miupa, presentation, professionals, usability
Refresh Detroit March Meeting
So I attended the Refresh Detroit meeting a few days ago in Ann Arbor, MI. The speaker was Barb Hernandez, User Experience Manager at TechSmith. She talked about refreshing the UI of SnagIt. SnagIt is a screen capture application for Windows. I am not familiar with too many trialware applications for windows since its not [...]
In: main · Tagged with: detroit, development, meeting, refresh, usability, web