Just an hour ago I had a client email me to let me know that they couldn’t see the text at the bottom of a…
Maintaining Element Expand / Collapse State (throughout your site)
One usability enhancement that I recently became aware of was the ability of a website to store my expand / collapse state of various elements on the page, between page loads.
Dynamic Fragment Identifiers – A New Technique to avoid “jumpy links”
Maintaining scroll position between page loads is one of those “silent” usability enhancements that makes users love using your website without really knowing why. It only makes sense in certain applications and there are a few ways to make it happen.
Optimize your site for TV and Projector Screens
With the release of Internet Explorer for XBOX Live members just a few weeks ago, we have yet another optimization challenge, the big screen. By…
Drop-Down Menu Techniques in Depth
Drop down menus are like parking ramps in that they allow you to “build-up”. Only, instead of building up to support more cars, we are…
Tracking anonymous users
Let's face it, having to create an account is probably the number 1 reason that users avoid doing anything trivial on the web. By trivial,…