usability archive

December 11, 2009

Facebook Privacy Settings

I don’t use Facebook much anymore so I just saw the new privacy settings prompt when I logged in today. Redesigning something as increasingly complex…

January 27, 2009

Look Ma, No Forms!

I’ve noticed a few new services that have replaced the traditional registration form (email/password) with email as an alternative sign-up method. TripIt, a travel service…

July 24, 2008

Guerrilla Usability Testing

The team at “Clearleft”:http://clearleft.com/ launched a new application called “Silverback”:http://www.silverbackapp.com/. Essentially, it’s user testing software that allows you to capture screen actions as well as…

January 3, 2008

Rethinking user testing

Expanding the horizons and expanding the parameters, Expanding the rhymes of sucker MC amateurs ~ The Beastie Boys, The Sounds of Science, 1989 I’ve always…