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		<title>User experience articles September 28</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Demystifying Usability covers real-time user interfaces.
Smashing Magazine hits search results designs.
Mercury News covers Yahoo&#8217;s bid to improve the user experience of its search.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Demystifying Usability</strong> covers <a title="Demystifying Usability" href="http://www.demystifyingusability.com/2009/09/the-real-time-web-delivering-the-realtime-user-experience.html" target="_blank">real-time user interfaces</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Smashing Magazine</strong> hits <a title="Smahshing Magazine" href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/09/28/search-results-design-best-practices-and-design-patterns/" target="_blank">search results designs</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Mercury News</strong> covers Yahoo&#8217;s bid to <a title="Mercury News" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13396753?nclick_check=1" target="_blank">improve the user experience of its search</a>.</p>
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		<title>User experience articles September 24</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A List Apart discusses testing the relevancy of search results and separately,
ways to analyze log data to understand customer intent.
Usability News covers an interview with Don Norman.
Jono at Mozilla Labs discusses the balance between collecting usability data and spying on users.
At UX Matters Mike Hughes presents an article on basic table design.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>A List Apart</strong> discusses testing the <a title="A List Apart" href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/testing-search-for-relevancy-and-precision/" target="_self">relevancy of search results</a> and separately,</p>
<p>ways to analyze log data to <a title="A List Apart" href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/internal-site-search-analysis-simple-effective-life-altering/" target="_blank">understand customer intent</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Usability News</strong> covers an <a title="Usability News" href="http://www.usabilitynews.com/news/article5975.asp" target="_blank">interview with Don Norman</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Jono at Mozilla Labs</strong> discusses the balance between <a title="Jono at Mozilla Labs" href="http://jonoscript.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/collecting-usability-data-without-crossing-the-line-into-spying/" target="_blank">collecting usability data and spying on users</a>.</p>
<p><strong>At UX Matters Mike Hughes</strong> presents an <a title="UX Matters" href="http://new.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2009/09/designing-tables-101.php" target="_blank">article on basic table design</a>.</p>
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		<title>User experience articles September 22</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Complete Usability covers the usability of retail store locators.
37 Signals shows how Apple sweats even the smallest details of their UI.
Demystifying Usability discusses avoiding user adoption problems with site redesigns.
Smashing Magazine covers the first-person user interface.
And UX Booth discusses how captchas can aggravate users and test their finite tolerance.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Complete Usability</strong> covers <a title="Complete Usability" href="http://completeusability.com/store-locator-usability-best-practices/" target="_blank">the usability of retail store locators</a>.</p>
<p><strong>37 Signals</strong> shows how <a title="37 Signals" href="http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1925-apple-sweats-the-details-even-in-the-most" target="_blank">Apple sweats even the smallest details of their UI</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Demystifying Usability</strong> discusses avoiding <a title="Demystifying Usability" href="http://www.demystifyingusability.com/2009/08/avoid-user-adoption-problems.html" target="_blank">user adoption problems with site redesigns</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Smashing Magazine</strong> covers <a title="Smashing Magazine" href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/09/21/enhancing-user-interaction-with-first-person-user-interface/" target="_blank">the first-person user interface</a>.</p>
<p>And <strong>UX Booth</strong> discusses how captchas can <a title="UX Booth" href="http://www.uxbooth.com/blog/captchas-tough-on-sales-common-way-to-test-user-tolerance/" target="_blank">aggravate users and test their finite tolerance</a>.</p>
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		<title>User experience articles September 18</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Bokardo, Josh Porter presents an article about using explicit cause and effect to improve the usability of a registration form.
At User Interface Engineering Donna Spencer discusses how she drafts an Information Architecture.
At Usability Post, Dimitry gives an overview of OpenHallway, a new remote user testing tool.
At UXMatters, Colleen Jones discusses how she approaches content analysis.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At <strong>Bokardo</strong>, Josh Porter presents an article about using explicit cause and effect to <a title="Bokardo" href="http://bokardo.com/archives/communicating-value-through-cause-effect-on-fanfeedr/" target="_blank">improve the usability of a registration form</a>.</p>
<p>At <strong>User Interface Engineering</strong> Donna Spencer discusses <a title="User Interface Engineering" href="http://www.uie.com/articles/creating_ia" target="_blank">how she drafts an Information Architecture</a>.</p>
<p>At <strong>Usability Post</strong>, Dimitry gives an overview of <a title="Usability Post" href="http://www.usabilitypost.com/2009/08/06/openhallway-usability-testing/" target="_blank">OpenHallway, a new remote user testing tool</a>.</p>
<p>At <strong>UXMatters</strong>, Colleen Jones discusses <a title="UXMatters" href="http://new.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2009/08/content-analysis-a-practical-approach.php" target="_blank">how she approaches content analysis</a>.</p>
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		<title>User experience articles September 16</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A list apart has an article on the ways in which increasing form interactivity lowers error rates and improves user experience.
Inspect Element has an article on button design and how it can improve (or detract from) usability.
This article from User Focus depicts a way to communicate user-centered design to executives in just a single page.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>A list apart</strong> has an article on the ways in which increasing form interactivity <a title="A list apart" href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/inline-validation-in-web-forms" target="_blank">lowers error rates and improves user experience</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Inspect Element</strong> has an article on <a title="Inspect Element" href="http://inspectelement.com/tutorials/how-to-design-buttons-to-help-improve-usability/" target="_blank">button design and how it can improve (or detract from) usability</a>.</p>
<p>This article from <strong>User Focus</strong> depicts <a title="User Focus" href="http://www.userfocus.co.uk/articles/ux-design-model.html" target="_blank">a way to communicate user-centered design to executives in just a single page</a>.</p>
<p><strong>All About Balance</strong> features an example of <a title="All About Balance" href="http://www.allaboutbalance.com/confusion/" target="_blank">confusing UI on a copy machine</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>Complete Usability</strong> explains <a title="Complete Usability" href="http://completeusability.com/the-big-cost-of-small-usability-problems/" target="_blank">how small usability problems can add up to big headaches</a>.</p>
<p>And finally, <strong>Useit</strong> has a <a title="UseIt" href="http://www.useit.com/alertbox/discount-usability.html" target="_blank">20-year retrospective on discount usability testing</a>.</p>
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		<title>User experience articles September 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over at Cooper Journal Emma van Niekerk has an amusing account of her interaction with an online ticketing website&#8217;s error message.
At Demystifying Interaction Design, Josh shows an example of using strikethrough to communicate the simplicity of an online registration form.
A related article questioning the need for registration can be seen at Complete Usability.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: normal;">Over at </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><strong>Cooper Journal</strong></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Emma van Niekerk has an amusing account of </span><a href="http://www.cooper.com/journal/2009/09/we_cannot_accept_that.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: normal;">her interaction with an online ticketing website&#8217;s error message</span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></p>
<p>At <strong>Demystifying Interaction Design</strong>, Josh shows an example of <a href="http://bokardo.com/archives/no-sign-up-necessary-the-strikethrough-method/" target="_blank">using strikethrough to communicate the simplicity of an online registration form</a>.</p>
<p>A related article <a href="http://completeusability.com/why-require-registration-part-1/" target="_blank">questioning the need for registration</a> can be seen at <strong>Complete Usability</strong>.</p>
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