Archives for "April, 2009"

Posted by Vishal Vaidya on 23rd April 2009

Usability for Online Banking Applications

Imagine: “a user lands up on a bank’s website where he is not able to find the desired product or services as quickly as he expected? “. For example, someone who wants to apply for a credit card online is not able to see a link which “clearly” identifies itself as a link to Credit [...]

Posted by Vishal Vaidya on 15th April 2009

Interesting Mobile websites to see!

I have been through several websites which were designed to suit mobile devices or specifically designed for mobile devices or some particular mobile devices for which they must be quite sure of the end-user / TG,  (for e.g. iPhone).
Below given are some of these websites which I liked. I would recommend you to check [...]

Posted by Vishal Vaidya on 15th April 2009

Mobile Web Applications : Design Factors

Mobile websites designs has its own limitations & need to be designed based on some specifications / best practices.
Here, we will discuss something about the “design factors for mobile web applications”. As we have already discussed, there are several limitations. You can read more about limitations here!
Following are some of these guidelines which needs to [...]

Posted by Vishal Vaidya on 12th April 2009

Mobile Web Applications : Usability Factors

(part 2 continues…)

Make sure that basic controls are always available!
Make sure you place basic controls to navigate on the site, such as “back to home, back to search results” & relevant ones.  Use contextual menus if required & only if they are assisting the user (preferably limited to 2-3 short links). In most of [...]

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