This post has been a long time coming, so apologies to those who have been anticipating it for some time. Some background: at Usability Matters we spend a large part of our time wireframing. When we were on Windows machines, we used Microsoft Visio for this, but we switched to Macs in the fall, are [...]
Personal security questions on websites have been de rigueur for quite a while now. You know what I’m talking about. You answer some personal questions (à la “What was the name of your best friend’s aunt’s dog in kindergarten?”) on sign-up. Later on, if you forget your password to that website, you can reset your [...]
Every week I collect a bunch of recommended reads in my browser tabs, hoping for a few spare minutes to skim through them. This week, one such article was Luke Wroblewski‘s blog entry, The Apple Store’s Checkout Form Redesign. I really enjoy how straight-forward Luke is with his analysis in this article (and everything he [...]
At Usability Matters, we’re all loving Nick Finck‘s awesome list of Gifts for User Experience Geeks. To the outsider (e.g. Mom, Grandma, Cousin Bob) it’s easy to pass off our profession as “cool”. But those of us in the industry know it’s all about geeking out. Our favourites from his list include: Mental Notes ($33) [...]
I have heard more about digital books in the past six months than ever before! CBC’s Spark (one of my favourite radio shows) has recently discussed the future of books, the concept of open text books, Harlequin’s approach to e-books, and the Toronto Public Library’s Digital Bookmobile, which promotes the library’s e-book collection. CBC’s Ideas [...]