Useability
CMS Light
July 2, 2009
I just finished reading Chris Coyier’s article, The “Light” CMS trend. For those of you who don’t know, CMS stands for “content management system.” The content is stored in a database and then served up on a page using a predefined template. The idea behind a CMS is to allow non-technical people the ability to […]
What can brown do for you?
November 9, 2007
I found this site through Design Meltdown, a gallery of design styles. This site is a good example of nice design which gets recognized by a gallery but has some usability issues when you actually use it. First, You have to go to the top right to a “home†graphic to link back to the home […]
Homepage the least important page on your site?
September 7, 2007
Last week, I was listening to a podcast from UIE on Homepage design. Jared Spool pointed out that the homepage is the least important page on your site. He believes the content page is the most important because that is what the user is looking for. I see his wisdom in this. Jared also talked about […]
Helpful, Practical Feature from AirTran
August 22, 2007
Last week I booked a flight to Boston for November using the AirTran. On the last page of the process, I found a feature that I really liked. It gave me the option to import both my departing flight and returning flight into Outlook. All the information that I needed to create a calendar event […]
Barbara Walters to Take a look at heaven
November 30, 2005
Last night, I watched Barbara’s look at her 10 most fascinating people of 2005. At the end of the show, she promoted her next show which will be about heaven. The tag line is “Where is it? How do we get there?” I will be interested to see if she comes up with an all-inclusive […]
