Archives for "June, 2009"

Posted by Vishal Vaidya on 29th June 2009
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Drop Down Menus – Usability

Using drop down menus is cumbersome for users, as it needs scrolling efforts by end-users, leading to usability and accessibility issues. Now, there is a new trend in the web design – of using large drop down menus. New mega drop downs are far better than regular drop downs, which hides several options when they [...]

Posted by Vishal Vaidya on 11th June 2009
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Mobile Web – Navigation Design

With the increasing usage of web on mobile devices, the need to understand the end-users has emerged with prime importance. End-users’ experience of web on desktop and mobile devices is almost entirely different and even these users has a different kind of ‘mental model’. Interface or navigation designs that works great on desktop may not [...]

Posted by Vishal Vaidya on 6th June 2009
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Usability for Kiosk Applications / Hardware

Nowadays, we can see an increasing usage of touch screen-based ‘Kiosks’ – the self-service mechanism at several places, including Bank ATMs, Shopping Malls and such other places where an assisted system is required but need to cater a large amount of users in an unorganized, non-formal way.
Kiosks are mean to be easy for all types [...]

Posted by Vishal Vaidya on 2nd June 2009
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Usability Testing : Heuristic Evaluation

In Usability, evaluation and testing is an important aspect of the application / product development. There are several methods to evaluate and test the web or application interface. Such tests gather information about the usability of specific applications or its components individually with performing some specific tasks.
Heuristic Evaluation is a “discounted usability testing” method which [...]

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