Usability

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Thinking about Web Aesthetics: Jun 20, 2003; Lynda Weinman outlines what she sees as the essentials to good web design. She will guide you through color themes, typography, layout design and animation. Along the way, you will see multiple examples of the good and the ugly of web design.

Three Ways to Adversely Impact your Google Pagerank: Jan 7, 2005; There are plenty of tips you can use to increase your pagerank, but some of these can actually backfire, hurting your page's score. Find out what you might be doing to hurt your search engine visibility in this article by Dave Taylor.

Tips for Writing Content For Mobile Users: Oct 31, 2012; Jakob Nielsen and Raluca Budiu explain that while there are many other points to consider, the main usability guideline for mobile content is this: When you’re writing for mobile users, focus their attention on the essential content.

Tips on Designing Web Pages: Jan 1, 1999; by Robin Williams, from The Non-Designer's Guerrilla Marketing Guide

Top 10 Content Strategy Mistakes to Avoid: Apr 20, 2012; Melissa Rach, coauthor of Content Strategy for the Web, Second Edition, sees far too many organizations making similar mistakes in their outreach attempts. The "throw it together" approach that most people employ tends to create havoc, rather than useful information for potential customers and clients. She shares 10 of the most common (and dangerous) pitfalls that everyone should learn to avoid.

Transition or Animation: Which One Should You Use?: Feb 5, 2015; CSS animations and transitions can be used to create a variety of effects on websites. In fact, you can usually create any effect from either a transition of animation. Steven Bradley helps you decide which one should you choose and why.

Undercover User Experience Design: Making It Real: Oct 28, 2010; The authors of Undercover User Experience Design discuss deliverables that you can use to document your ongoing design work, including sitemap, storyboard, and wireframe.

Untold Mysteries of CSS: Dec 23, 2004; Molly Holzschlag looks behind the curtain to show you how three untold CSS mysteries can be put to use to assist with diagnostics during development, savvy global styling, out-and-out hacks, better design flexibility, and accessibility.

Usability Experts Are from Mars, Graphic Designers Are from Venus: Jan 25, 2002; Usability mavens such as Jakob Nielsen think that the Web is an ill-used database. Graphic designers such as Kioken think that it is a fledgling multimedia platform. Could both groups be right? Curt Cloninger looks at both sides of this issue.

Using AdSense for Content to Rent Ad Space to Google: Sep 30, 2005; Ever the advertising pioneer, Google offers website owners the chance to rent ad space to Google with its simple but sophisticated program called AdSense for content. Eric Giguere provides the details in this article.

Using Dreamweaver Template Expressions: Dec 27, 2002; Discover how Dreamweaver MX's new template expressions feature offers a great deal of flexibility and power.

Using Flash 5's Stock Smart Clips: Oct 26, 2001; This sample chapter from Inside Flash 5 explains how to use, get information in and out of, and customize smart clips.

Using iWeb to Make Great Homepages in Minutes: Mar 31, 2006; You've heard that Apple's iWeb is easy to use, and you've seen some great examples of iWeb sites. But can you really create those great sites in half an hour, even if you don't know anything about HTML and have never tried designed a Web page? Yes, you can. Ryan Faas takes you through the process step by step.

Using Layers for Transparency and Clipping in Illustrator CS4: Jun 1, 2009; Do you think of layers strictly as a selection tool? You're missing out. David Karlins points out a number of ways in which layers can be used to edit artwork in Illustrator.

Using the Image Viewer in Dreamweaver MX 2004: Oct 31, 2003; In this article you will learn to use the Image Viewer Flash Element to create an interactive slideshow for your Web site with Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX 2004.

Using the Liquid CSS Layouts in Dreamweaver CS4: Feb 5, 2009; Liquid layouts, based on a percentage of the size of the browser's window (or viewport), are one way to create flexible sites that work for a variety of users. In this chapter, learn the pros and cons of creating a liquid layout.

Video with Adobe Flash CS4: Delivery and Deployment Primer: May 20, 2009; Learn the differences between distribution file formats and protocols for Flash-based video, along with their advantages and disadvantages.

Web Accessibility, Part 3: Creating Screen Reader-Friendly Web Pages: Jan 4, 2002; Discover a few good Web page construction methods to get you on the right track toward creating screen reader-friendly Web pages.