Archives for the 'usability' Category
Speeding Up Your Site
Caught up with SEO Revolution’s blog, where Jerry West picked up on a forum post from Webmaster World. Yahoo’s Steve Souders gives fourteen best practices (worth working through this page) to speed up webpages from Yahoo’s research. The findings focus on client-side Web development and making page load times faster to real […]
Sort It Out Amazon!
Amazon’s design is a stalwart, one that has stood the test of time and remained largely unchanged, excepting several usability and A9 Search refinements throughout the years. I like Amazon’s design and the tabbed navigation is iconic. Why then, is there no ALT text present? This is a pure schoolboy error and […]
An Excellent Multi-Page Checkout
It is amazing how many otherwise well-designed sites fall down during the checkout process. HMV.co.uk wouldn’t accept my - or a colleague’s - debit card details!
I’ve long been an advocate of the “one page checkout” system, as they’re easier to use and encourage higher conversion rates. Many visitors get bored, confused, or disinterested […]