Trying to ditch the functional specification – part 2
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Queron Jephcott | 12/12/2011
I’m starting my series of blogs by heading back to basics…
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Information Architecture
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Web Strategy
Updating an Axure wireframe from scratch
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Queron Jephcott | 21/09/2011
As an interaction designer, a large proportion of my time at work is spent using Axure. Axure is a strong tool, helping us maintain consistency across our prototypes by utilising masters and dynamic panels.
However, during the course of prototyping a web site, your Axure prototype can easily resemble a mash up of colours, panels and masters.
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Information Architecture
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Technology
Quick, Look to your Right
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Robert Beerworth | 10/05/2011
Users statistically click RHS calls-to-action more than LHS ones
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Information Architecture
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Common Sense
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Sales
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Web Strategy
Transaction reference numbers increase usability
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Queron Jephcott | 23/03/2011
I titled this blog so blatantly because it sounds like an oxymoron. A huge alphanumeric jumble of characters and the notion of increasing the usability of a web site doesn’t sound right.
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Information Architecture
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Web Design
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Usability
Believe what you see, not what you read
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Mike Hall | 23/03/2011
Far too often, people settle for expert analysis and predictions from their web site developers and why not?
Your web designers have been around for X years and the guy designing it has 10+ years experience creating websites, so surely they know what they’re doing, right?
Wrong!
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User Testing
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Usability
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Information Architecture
Where do form buttons belong?
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Queron Jephcott | 2/03/2011
We recently had some discussion regarding where button belong at the bottom of forms.
If you don’t have time to read this whole post, here’s the quick answer:
There isn’t one.
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Information Architecture
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Web Design
Can You Even Make A Good HTML Form Anymore?
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| 21/02/2011
HTML forms have always been a secret little enjoyment of mine. While many user interface designers die a little inside every time they have to turn 300 questions into a simple two-step online form, I relish the opportunity.
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Information Architecture
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Web Design
How Hi is Lofi
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| 28/01/2011
As prototyping tools such as Axure increase in features, our prototypes are becoming more and more complicated.
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Web Design
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Information Architecture
Web Widget Best Practices
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Peter Moloney | 13/01/2011
As with information architecture for standard web pages, designing the user experience for web widgets and iPhone apps is a similar process, but with the key difference being the size of the area you have to work in.
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Web Design
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Information Architecture
Card Sorting – How it works today
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Peter Moloney | 19/11/2010
Card sorting is a key technique in the information architecture toolbox.
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Information Architecture
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Usability
Effective use of white space in web design
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Mike Hall | 19/10/2010
White space can be your best and worst enemy. Too little and the page looks crowded and confusing, too much and the individual content elements look lost and disassociated with each other.
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Usability
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Information Architecture
A small discussion on user research & testing
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| 2/06/2010
his week, Wiliam is making a presentation to the students of Billy Blue School of Design to help explain the importance of user testing and user research. In the presentation we used the subheadings ‘why, who, what and how’ in regards to implementing user research and testing.
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Usability
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Information Architecture
Simplifying complex business rules
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Mike Hall | 19/05/2010
At Wiliam, part of our process (Pre-production) helps you analyse your business requirements, as well as the goals or your user’s and come up with a strategy to ensure that you fulfil all of your user’s needs, as well as your business requirements.
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Information Architecture
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Business
How to read a wireframe
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Roslyn Zolandor | 7/05/2010
When creating prototypes we also create a Functional Specification which is an equivalent of an offline version of the prototype with some additional information we can’t include in the prototype.
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Information Architecture
Affinity Diagrams
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Mike Hall | 8/03/2010
Affinity diagrams have a number of different uses, from sorting out list of issues, to relating apparently unrelated ‘things’.
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Information Architecture
Accessibility - websites for the blind
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Mike Hall | 2/02/2010
Is accessibility only relevant to the blind? Think again.
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Information Architecture
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Website Accessibility
Australia’s first AAA Accessible website
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Mike Hall | 13/01/2010
Wiliam have recently redeveloped and launched the new Guide Dogs NSW website, Australia’s first AAA accessible website.
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Information Architecture
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Usability
What happens before a website goes into production?
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Mike Hall | 14/10/2009
At Wiliam, we have coined the phrase Pre-production for the work carried out before the graphical design and subsequent build of a web site. Pre-production encompasses both information design and usability design.
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Information Architecture
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User Experience
Five website design mistakes that are easily avoided
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Adam Tedeschi | 6/10/2009
Building your website isn’t as simple as finding a graphic designer and give them your logo… common sense and good planning are the cornerstones of successful websites – then you introduce the creativity!
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Web Design
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Tips & Tricks
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Information Architecture
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User Experience
Where Does Your Website Lead Users?
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Daniel Wright | 14/09/2009
It’s a little understood fact but every website leads its users somewhere. Unfortunately because of this lack of understanding, many websites accidentally lead users to search for another website.
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Web Design
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Usability
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Information Architecture
Card Sorting
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Mike Hall | 27/08/2009
Card sorting is a technique used by information architects to assist in the grouping and labelling of content.
It is easy to do, inexpensive, and provides great results. It provides an un-influenced user-view of how items are related to each other and what each of these relationships should be called.
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Information Architecture
Free Axure Design Patterns
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Roslyn Zolandor | 18/08/2009
The main tool we use within our user experience (UX) team is an application called Axure. It allows us to create wireframes, prototypes and specifications for our clients before we start the design and development stages. Here are 4 great Axure design patterns for you to download for free.
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Web Design
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Usability
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Information Architecture
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Tips & Tricks
Quick User Personas – Understanding Your Audience.
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Adam Tedeschi | 6/08/2009
Good Information Design and User Experience are essential to build commercial and profitable websites. Even if you don’t have a huge budget you can still do a few simple personas to help you understand your audience and put a human face to a demographic.
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Web Design
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Web Development
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Information Architecture
Online Charting Tools Comparison
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Roslyn Zolandor | 18/02/2009
For a recent project I had to review 4 online charting applications for a redevelopment of a clients extranet website. The website had numerous reports with an option of viewing the results as charts. The 4 charts reviewed are not the only online charting applications but give a good idea of the different kinds of charting tools available online.
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Information Architecture
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Web Design