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- Methods for analysing card sort results
- Card sorting is a great way to categorise content. Find out how you can do this with just a few post-its and some paper!
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- Designing visualisations: Applying user-centered guidelines
- Visualisations are created by translating data of any form into pictures. Find out exactly how you can provide fancy-looking visualisations that are actually usable and useful to your users.
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- Designing for B2B and enterprise applications
- It's not uncommon to hear people complaining about the poor user experience of some B2B and enterprise applications. Read through these top tips to help you in designing enterprise applications that offer a better user experience and increase productivity.
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- Service design across multiple channels - breaking down silos or joining up?
- In today's highly competitive environment, it's important to think about how a product or service is conceived and designed across multiple touchpoints. In this article we introduce the concept of service design and explain why it's important.
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- Making an impact: Measuring web design effectiveness
- Want to build a great website incorporating aesthetic design and usability? Find out what to measure to help ensure your site has great aesthetics, usability and desirability.
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- 7 tips for designing for older users
- Looking to design a website for older users? Read through these top tips and ensure your site is as effective as possible.
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- Improving mobile internet usability
- Even in these relatively advanced times, there's a whole set of problems faced by mobile users when it comes to accessing the Internet. Read about the importance of mobile usability.
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- Getting your website right - uses and misuses of web design patterns
- Thinking of using web design patterns for your website? Read about how to make sure you're using them in the right context and the right places.
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- Customisable websites - the definitive guide
- Customisable websites have recently become more and more popular - get the lowdown on when and why you should and shouldn't allow users to change pages on your website.
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- Designing online social networks: The theories of social groups
- It's important to fully understand the theories of social groups, before designing online social networks - find out all you need to know!
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- Web design aesthetics
- You have just 5 seconds to persuade new visitors to stay on your website - find out how to use website design aesthetics to keep users on your site.
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- How to embed usability & UCD internally
- Integrating usability into any organisation can be a difficult and isolating experience. Get the lowdown on how to achieve this within your organisation.
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- Innovative user interface design
- More and more websites are developing innovative user interface designs. Check out some of our favourites and see what new ideas you can glean!
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- User-centered design (UCD) - 6 methods
- Learn all about user-centered design, the methods available to you, and how and when they should be employed.
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- The seven deadly sins of web design
- Read about the seven deadliest web design sins from a recent survey, and what it means for your website.
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- Planning a usable website: A three-step guide
- Your website should be focused around your users' needs - find out how.
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