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http://mashable.com/2011/02/11/4g-faq/ The Effect of Aesthetics on Web Credibility — a PDF download.

http://www.uxbooth.com/blog/how-to-minimize-load-time-for-fast-user-experiences/ http://www.uxbooth.com/blog/considerations-for-mobile-design-part-1-speed/ http://blog.yottaa.com/2011/03/monitor-website-speed-for-better-ux-and-seo-part-i http://www.michaelgaigg.com/blog/tag/speed/ Great idea:“More often than not, the mobile experience for a web application or site is designed and built after the [desktop] version is complete. Learn the three reasons web applications should be designed for mobile first instead: mobile is exploding; mobile forces you to focus; and mobile extends your capabilities.” ***…

Webnotes looks like a great way to annotate actual pages on the fly in your browser. Great way to document for clients. https://www.webnotes.net/

I don’t do static wireframes. I’m an advocate of rapid prototyping in HTML and CSS. Then testing is done immediately online. This just makes sense and is more real-world than sketches of interfaces. It’s a shortcut and goes hand-in-hand with fast site development. Read more about this idea: http://www.uxforthemasses.com/rapid-prototyping/

Yottaa is a great online tool for checking web performance. This link is a test of www.pagepipe.com. The home of PagePipe UX. 32.5K webpage!http://www.yottaa.com/url/www-pagepipe-com-4e44800b4b6b2257b000002d

Theming is the “the use of an overarching theme, such as western, to create a holistic and integrated spatial organization of a consumer venue.” Themes are usually derived from history, or other cultures, but can also be based on fantasy. Theming can vary in intensity from just interior design, to whole architecture  based on the…

“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…

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…