Category: Usability

October 15, 2009
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The SEO series: HTML Header – SEO & usability

Posted in Tutorials, Usability by Gergely Marton http://www.webgurusdesignblog.com/2009/10/the-seo-series-html-header-seo-usability/

This article is the first from our “SEO series” we intend to write this week. The articles from this category will cover SEO tips from our good friend Claudiu Murariu and helpful information about today’s analytics and optimization tools available on the web. The elements in a site’s header, or so called <HEAD></HEAD>, is ignored [...]

February 4, 2009
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jQuery Image Preview – New Plugin “imgPreview”

Posted in jQuery, Usability by Gergely Marton http://www.webgurusdesignblog.com/2009/02/jquery-image-preview-new-plugin-imgpreview/

The ‘imgPreview’ plugin allows your users to preview an image before clicking on it and, out of necessity, will preload the image so when a user does click through to it there is no waiting time!

The image preview shows up in a tooltip-like box appearing alongside the user’s cursor when hovering over a link. The plugin is entirely unobtrusive; it does not require any hooks to target specific links (no non-semantic classes); it will automatically detect the anchors that are linking to images and will only apply the preview effect to them.

January 15, 2009
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10 Useful Web Application Interface Techniques

Posted in Usability, Web Apps by Gergely Marton http://www.webgurusdesignblog.com/2009/01/10-useful-web-application-interface-techniques/

More and more applications these days are migrating to the Web. Without platform constraints or installation requirements, the software-as-a-service model looks very attractive. Web application interface design is, at its core, Web design; however, its focus is mainly on function. To compete with desktop applications, Web apps must offer simple, intuitive and responsive user interfaces that let their users get things done with less effort and time.