There are two important aspects to achieving success with simplicity: 1. Remove unnecessary components, without sacrificing effectiveness. 2. Try out alternative solutions that achieve the same result more simply. BALANCE of Hard and Soft data Hard data means facts, like news, stock prices, train times, or how much money is in your bank account.…
Author: Steve Teare- Low-fidelity Branding
46: Database of Intentions
As soon as a company begins an advertising campaign, it can get feedback from an online focus group and then tweak its message accordingly. discovering what data is popular Blackberry maker RIM warns of bandwidth crisishttp://www.moneycontrol.com/news/technology/blackberry-maker-rim-warnsbandwidth-crisis_441940.html AT&T and worsening bandwidth crisishttp://bizanywhere.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/att-and-worsening-bandwidth-crisis/ Bandwidth Overload http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/http://www.bandwidthplace.com/test speed sites What’s Next in Web Design?http://informationarchitects.jp/whats-next-in-web-design/ The more advanced a…
45: Speed up your website and increase conversions
http://www.modernblue.com/web-design-blog/ Speed up your website and increase conversions: quotation“Something I have been thinking a lot about lately is website speed. The load times for one of my largest clients, OverstockDrugstore, were getting worse by the day. It was due to an increased amount of traffic coming to a website that wasn’t properly tuned. After taking…
44: OF LATE, WE HAVE GROWN FAT
“Yet in the past few years, as wideband became the norm, every mainstream site and its brother started acting as if bandwidth didn’t matter. Why use 1K of web form when you could use 100K of inline pseudo-Ajax? Why load a new page when you could load a lightbox instead? Instead of medium-quality JPEGs with…
43: A few nice web tools online
Color contrast verification toolCalculate a measure of readabilityhttp://www.hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/accessibility/webaccessibility/color_tool.html staircase gradations generatorhttp://slayeroffice.com/tools/color_palette/ Page Credibilityhttp://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html Free Web Performance Assessmenthttp://zoompf.com/free http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/The Full Page Test loads a complete HTML page including all objects (images, CSS, JavaScripts, RSS, Flash and frames/iframes). It mimics the way a page is loaded in a web browser. The load time of all objects is…
42: Expectation Threshold 2 to 3 seconds
“Today’s web applications are more content and feature rich than ever, providing an interactive user experience. In addition, users expect these applications to be delivered immediately on a variety of fixed and mobile devices and browser platforms. A recent Forrester study found that “two seconds is the new threshold in terms of an average online…
41: Online Button Makers
These links are helpful for when you are in a hurry or need a shortcut to produce a quick button. The output files are not optimized and can easily be reduce in half. This example was 9K after download and reduced to a 2.4K 8-bit PNG file. Creators of “microsites” have statistics showing larger “action”…
40: Get To The Point
In the last entry, “Web Impatience”, the quotes reinforce my philosophy of just publishing a “product or service positioning statement” on the home page and including simple navigation with minimum decoration. The user wants to know immediately what the point is of your website. “What’s in it for me?” “Why should I care?” There must…
39: Web Impatience
I did some studying about “web impatience.” Here are some good links: Web Visitors vs Users, Impatient vs Bored and how they affect Website Change ManagementAnd some quotes:Functionality vs Visual Design“For the most part, functionality wins over visual eye candy with users. Business users routinely put up with desktop applications that do what they need…
38: Image Optimization Links
Image optimization and compression: tools, tips and tricks Web Design Tips – How to Optimize Your Website’s Graphics For Speed Online image optimization, or taming robots 25% smaller PNG files Nicole Sullivan: “Design Fast Websites” Note: To get it right, you have to be brutal with images. You will notice the difference but the audience…
