Twitter UI hates lists
Today I noticed some changes to the Twitter list UI. Upon viewing a profile I thought to myself, hmm, this looks cleaner. I then realized a button was missing, the list selection. Looking around I couldn’t find it anywhere. Clicking around I noticed they moved lists into the options menu, where I would normally go [...]
In: software, thoughts · Tagged with: buttons, list, twitter, UI, ux
Opinion: Should images be used in header H1 tags?
Question: Recently, I saw you call out the negatives of using images instead of textual H1s. I’m completely on your side, but saw Matt Cutts recently speak about the design benefits of using a graphic head, and simply alt-tagging the H1 image with your text. There are some obvious aesthetic benefit possibilities with that approach, [...]
In: opinion · Tagged with: accessibility, h1, header, image, print, UI, ux
Opinion: Should your homepage have drop down menus?
I get a lot of questions via twitter, email and in person about comments I make in my EDU Checkup episodes. I answer all of them, some may take me longer to respond than others (sorry) but I eventually get to them all. Today as I am responding I thought I should start posting the [...]
In: opinion · Tagged with: decisions, design, menu, UI, ux
Form Errors – Validating phone numbers and the importance of hand testing
Nothing replaces hand testing forms I fill out a lot of forms during the day, some on existing sites and others as new internal forms that need review. When testing I have a habit of submitting forms with every error combination possible. I know there are automated tools for this but nothing beats seeing it [...]
In: user experience · Tagged with: error, form, groupon, messages, regex, UI, ux, validation
User manipulation with green buttons
Green means go right? Green also means positive, and lastly confirm. So why not manipulate a user’s actions by placing a green button to confirm an action they might have otherwise not taken? That is exactly what I encountered a few days ago at a grocery store. The Setup I went to the self checkout, [...]
In: thoughts, user experience · Tagged with: default, experience, manipulation, UI, user, ux