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 [...]
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 enough, [...]
[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 love 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 part [...]