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  Top 10 Usability Highs Of Mac OS

  Although I've been a Windows power user for years, the transition to Mac couldn't have been easier and more pleasant. I don't want to turn this article into some endless rambling about how great Mac is,... More... 257 Comments

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  Eye Movement Patterns on Single and Dual-Column Web Pages

  Eye Movement Patterns Study presents results of a recent research on single and dual-column web pages, encouraging 2-column presentation for articles published online. [via] More... Be the first to comment!

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  Web Form Design Patterns: Sign-Up Forms

  If you want to maximize the revenue of your service you need to maximize completion rates of your web forms. Unless you have some revolutionary ideas to impress your visitors at first glance, it is not... More... 159 Comments

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  Should Links Open In New Windows?

  No, they shouldn't. At first glance the decision to open links in new windows or not depends on the given site and the preferences of its visitors. Visitors of the sites with heavy linking are more... More... 252 Comments

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  Five More Principles Of Effective Web Design

  Web design has significantly improved over the last years. It's more user-friendly and more appealing today — and there is a good reason behind it: over the years we've found out that design with... More... 83 Comments

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  Take part in Fully Personal Interface Research

  Fully Personal Interface research is a survey where people are questioned about their interface preferences. Results: labels and icons should be placed on the left, horizontal menus are more popular... More... Be the first to comment!

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  Mac OS X Leopard: Designer’s Guide to Icons

  In 2000 Apple released the visual theme Aqua, a stunning leap forward in graphical user interface design. At the same time Apple published the Human Interface Guidelines (HIG), a tool for developers and... More... 48 Comments

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  Shopping Carts Gallery: Examples and Good Practices

  Imagine that you are designing an online-store. Since stakeholders are only interested in the number of sells, the success of your work directly depends on how well you manage to drive users to the... More... 101 Comments

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  10 Principles Of Effective Web Design

  Usability and the utility, not the visual design, determine the success or failure of a web-site. Since the visitor of the page is the only person who clicks the mouse and therefore decides everything,... More... 377 Comments

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  Usability and Interface Design Books

  Usability and interaction design are fields that are becoming important for every website design. They consider the interactions between the user and every system, nowadays most commonly applied to... More... 81 Comments

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  Bad Usability Calendar

  A new version of the Bad Usability Calendar is out. Fresh examples of exaggerated use of fancy Web 2.0 design and much more. Available in .pdf. More... Be the first to comment!

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  Evolve Your User Interface To Educate Your Users

  The Web has changed. This isn’t your neighbor’s nerdy kid’s internet anymore. Now the Web is home to your mom, your grandma and your technophobe sister. With computers as common a... More... 57 Comments

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  Account Sign-in: 8 Design Mistakes to Avoid

  Designing an account registration and sign-in process that doesn't frustrate users turns out to be very difficult to achieve. Jared M. Spool explains how to do it properly. Account Sign-In: 8 Design... More... Be the first to comment!

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  The Usability of Pagination Links

  Jesper Rønn-Jensen’s discusses the usability of pagination links. Have you ever considered “endless” scroll and avoiding pagination? More... 1 Comment

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