by noelhenneman | Nov 21, 2016 | Technology, Usability
How do you learn about usability? Learning about usability can be accomplished by reading textbooks on the subject, or by reading internet articles. But it can also be learned by looking at and examining examples of bad usability. A good source of examples is from...
by noelhenneman | Nov 4, 2014 | Technology, Usability
As I have said in other posts, I am also an instructor at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington. Recently I had a student who wanted to create an ordered list of items in two columns and needed to have the list item numbering continue from the first column to the...
by noelhenneman | Oct 21, 2014 | Technology, Usability
As a web developer I am very aware of the need for usability of web sites. I also teach HTML/CSS as an adjunct professor at Clark College. In the time that I have been teaching HTML/CSS and trying to help students understand these languages, I have become more aware...
by noelhenneman | Jul 8, 2014 | Technology, Usability
I remember the days when computer monitors were cathode ray tubes (CRTs) that could only show green characters on the screen. Yes, I am that old. It was amazing when displays could draw lines and text in black and white. When the first color monitors came out, they...
by Diane Kenedy | May 22, 2012 | Technology, Usability, Web Design
One of the services we offer to clients is a usability review of web sites or web-based tools. Sometimes we then are fortunate to help improve the site or tool. Being given the opportunity to review interfaces created by other firms means that we continue to develop...
by noelhenneman | Apr 13, 2012 | Technology, Usability
It seems like everyone and their dogs are rushing to put “applications” on the web. I think this is for two reasons. First, it’s a natural evolution from using static web pages (Web 1.0), to using ajax to make the Web behave more like software (Web 2.0), to...
