A Minnesota based web development firm has come up with the best solution to restaurant web design that I’ve seen to date. Backing up for a second, what’s are the biggest problems with restaurant websites? – Flash introductions – No menu – Can’t find the hours – Can’t find location information – Poor usability because [...]
There are many reasons why a site can’t be entirely mobile friendly, but it sure would be nice if sites were at least partially mobile. For example, here’s what the Baby Bjorn website looks like from my Treo: In order to get the best possible experience out of our website you need to have Macromedia [...]
Am I the only one who runs into this problem online? I’m asked to enter a number into a form. In this case, I entered 20,000. I submit the form, and am told this: Since when is 20,000 not a number? This is a common example of what happens when programmers forget that humans are [...]
Quick question: What could you do faster? Teach someone how to win a game of solitaire: Or solve a Rubik’s Cube? Clearly, solitaire is a much easier game to comprehend since the rules are almost immediately obvious. A Rubik’s Cube, by comparison, is much more complicated and takes more advanced problem solving strategies to master. [...]
Farhad Manjoo has put together an outline of how you can access the online version of the Wall Street Journal without a paid subscription. As Manjoo explains, the WSJ allows public access to paid content when visitors arrive through Google News or Digg. Using a Firefox plugin, you can spoof the referral the WSJ sees [...]
Have you ever looked at the profiles of employees within the salesperson section of a company website and come away disappointed? I know I have, and I’m tryign to figure out how to make that a better experience. Generally, here’s what I encounter when looking at sites for law firms, real estate brokers, car dealerships, [...]
One may think the title of this post is self-evident, but there are enough exceptions to the rule to warrant an explanation. Today’s example comes from The New York Sun’s website where printable versions are less than print friendly. Here is an example story from their site: The story has 1266 words, and the NY [...]
