2013-11-14T14:51:44-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/usability/ http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/11800 2013-11-14T14:51:44-05:00 Two very helpful pages from Jakob Nielsen about website usability. A confusing website is one that visitors will leave. Quickly and permanently. Jakob Nielsen is a recognized website usability expert. You can also sign up for his AlertBox newsletter. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/11627 2013-10-01T14:54:35-05:00 Human brains are wired up a certain way. You cannot break human cognition rules and still communicate – this applies to a vast variety of situations. That the message is 'spiritual', or otherwise beneficial, makes no difference. Online, everything is subject to the brutal 'blink test' – the lightning fast algorithm our brains apply to a website, magazine article, video short, or anything else, as the infographic explains. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/9539 2012-10-11T16:45:56-05:00 Web users are very fickle, and will leave your website within seconds for multiple reasons. One major turnoff is asking people to register for things. Avoid designing this into your site unless it is unavoidable. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/8823 2012-08-07T12:34:37-05:00 Think about it. How many confusing websites do you leave in frustration? Apply the same outsider's eye to your own. Or, much better, test your site with web users of only modest web ability, who do not know your site. This is easy to do and will repay the time and effort a thousand times over. http://internetevangelismday.com/usability.php 2010-08-07T18:35:21-05:00 It is sad but true, that very many websites fall down in the area of usability. Because the site designers knows their sites backwards, they fail to appreciate that a first-time visitor will see things very differently. It’s like visiting a new city as a tourist, rather than being a native dweller! http://internetevangelismday.com/bookreviews/web-design.php?id=menu 2010-08-07T17:33:57-05:00 The books in this section cover different aspects of writing and creating usable websites, and are highly recommended. http://internetevangelismday.com/bookreviews/web-design.php 2010-08-07T17:14:51-05:00 The books in this section cover different aspects of writing and creating usable websites, and are highly recommended. http://internetevangelismday.com/bookreviews/homepage-usability-50-websites-deconstructed.php 2010-08-07T15:57:53-05:00 Jakob Nielsen is a leading world expert on how to make websites truly usable, and his Alertbox email newsletter has helped many web designers to understand these issues. This book looks at the mistakes – and good points – of some leading websites. It shows us examples to follow, and faults to avoid. http://internetevangelismday.com/bookreviews/dont-make-me-think-usability.php 2010-08-07T15:56:40-05:00 This is probably the best book available on how to build usability into a website. ‘Usability’ means: enabling visitors to find what they are looking for, and present it to them in an intuitive way they can easily understand. Few websites implement all Steve’s common-sense recommendations, and lose out as a result. He also provides a vital section on how to use other people to test a website.