Cognitive Walkthrough
01. April 2020 — Time to Read: 1 Min
What is a Cognitive Walkthrough? Cognitive Walkthroughs are used to examine the usability of a product and are usually carried out internally. Internal staff are asked to…
Writing
Heuristic Evaluations
11. March 2019 — Time to Read: 2 Min
What is a Heuristic Evaluation? In a heuristic evaluation, a usability expert will review a website and compare it against accepted usability principles. This analysis…
How I Combine Quantitative and Qualitative Data
29. September 2017 — Time to Read: 2 Min
Qualitative and quantitative are two essential approaches to understanding your users. Combining qualitative and quantitative data can improve an evaluation by ensuring…
Measuring Success In UX
30. July 2017 — Time to Read: 2 Min
User Experience seems to be leaning more heavily towards data science to gather the metrics that can be used to measure the success rate. Success is just one of the many…
The Problem with Password UX
24. June 2017 — Time to Read: 1 Min
Forgotten Password UX is a pain point for the vast majority of us. The average person has a lot of passwords to try and remember. From websites to social media platforms…
ARIA labelledby
02. June 2017 — Time to Read: 1 Min
The aria-labelledby attribute can be used to provide an accessible name to a subset of elements. It's used to associate a group of elements, or to establish a…
Hook Model
01. May 2017 — Time to Read: 2 Min
The Hook Model is a guide into designing habits and increasing engagement that will benefit your users. Last year I was book deep into researching engagement strategies…
Forget Everything You Know
09. April 2017 — Time to Read: 1 Min
Forgetting how you use websites is crucial to understanding how your users will use your website. You need to get back to basic thinking or as Richard Saul Wurman would…
When To Use Buttons
02. March 2017 — Time to Read: 1 Min
When to use a button is often confusing for beginners and advanced HTML authors alike. The confusion is made worse by the many different types of buttons that you can use…
Lean UX
08. February 2017 — Time to Read: 1 Min
The newest buzz word on the block is Lean UX. Lean UX is basically doing UX in the context of Agile development. It's a faster more iterative approach to web design…
How to Ruin An Experience
06. January 2017 — Time to Read: 2 Min
I've recently noticed that as a front end developer, i'm liking working with the web much more but as a user, I am constantly irritated by a lack of attention to detail…
Future of Navigation
19. November 2016 — Time to Read: 1 Min
Navigation on the web sucks. Large websites can be hard to use and oftentimes send you to the wrong place. Most e-commerce websites I use are terrible at navigation. As…
ARIA Landmark Roles
11. September 2016 — Time to Read: 2 Min
ARIA landmark roles help screen reader users understand the purpose of different areas of a web page, such as search, navigation or the main content. They are really…
How I audit builds
22. July 2016 — Time to Read: 1 Min
Accessibility isn't just a technical issue. It's a design issue. It's a content issue. It's something that every department that touches a website should think about…
Learning To Learn
18. May 2016 — Time to Read: 4 Min
A few years ago I was forced into having to learn a new topic. This is the best scenario for someone like me. I was the worlds best procrastinator but I quickly developed…
An Open Letter To Web Designers
21. March 2016 — Time to Read: 1 Min
Over the last year I’ve noticed something quite dreadful. My eyes are failing me. I forced myself to go for a check up and my fears were confirmed. I chose my glasses and…
Responsive Web Design is Web Design
08. March 2016 — Time to Read: 1 Min
A new year means lots of blogs are posting "What will be hot in Web Design 2015" style posts. I usually scan over them quickly to see if anything exciting might be on the…
Document Outlines
06. January 2016 — Time to Read: 2 Min
Every Web page has a document outline and it is created by your headings, table titles, form titles etc. The document outline is the structure of your web page. A…
Web Education
26. November 2015 — Time to Read: 2 Min
I miss it. I miss having the freedom to do things wrong. I miss detailed lectures about engaging topics. I miss the discussions about typography, design and semantic code…
Apple Accessibility Settings
20. September 2015 — Time to Read: 1 Min
I have always been impressed with Apple's concern for accessibility but the latest iOS 8 is a massive improvement. Since Apple went flat in version 7 I have struggled…
Managing Oneself
12. July 2015 — Time to Read: 2 Min
I have been thinking a lot about how to manage my work load whilst staying focused recently and happened across Peter Drucker's excellent essay, Managing Oneself. Whilst…
Accessibility Quick Wins
08. May 2015 — Time to Read: 1 Min
Accessibility does't have to be hard, you shouldn't need to read reems of documentation or worry about the extra time it will take. I started to take an increasing…