i understand that with a major redesign, there are always going to be complaints, due to people needing things to be familiar, and being resistant to change. this is a part of being human.
so, much of my frustration with wordpress 2.5 is due to this, and i know that the more i use it, [...]
October 9, 2007 – 1:08 pm
am i the only person who finds jakob nielsen’s website difficult to navigate and that it encompasses poor design choices?
The myth that Jakob Nielsen is always right
I totally disagree with Jakob Nielsen on Web2.0 “Distracts Good Design”.
Jakob Nielsen on intranets and hype
Jakob Nielsen on Web usability problems. Again.
Jakob Nielsen is an Ass. ha.
youzit.com: Jakob [...]
October 9, 2007 – 12:42 pm
joedolson.com/…/on-the-readability-of-inverted-color-schemes
wowwebdesigns.com/power_guides/ever_heard_of_contrast
writer2001.com/colwebcontrast
456bereastreet.com/…/light_text_on_dark_background_vs_readability/
webword.com/weblog/001380.html
It goes back to the Dave Siegel days of dark blue on a very light blue background, which was determined (possibly wisely so) to be less harsh than pure black on pure bright white. Retina burn doesn’t necessarily equal readability.
i gotta tell you, the contrast of black on white is crisp, but i almost always [...]
September 20, 2007 – 4:34 pm
good to the point article that lists out the most common serif and sans serif fonts. i remember when i first started doing web design, i’d use all sorts of obscure fonts, highly serifed, dragonish and gothic and funhouse and rave and whatnot. then i realized that 1) there are legibility issues, 2) [...]
September 20, 2007 – 4:14 pm
The Basics of Navigation:
You can have all kinds of great attractions on your site, but if your visitors don’t know how to get to them, they’ll just collect dust on the server. Worse yet, if visitors find your site’s navigation confusing or convoluted, they’ll simply give up and head off to explore the rest of [...]
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