There is an interesting eye tracking story over on the Google Blog, covering their results from some usability studies they carried out. Specifically: eye tracking to test the use of thumbnails in search results. Though the blog report is fairly brief, they did come to specific conclusion. Our studies showed that the thumbnails did not […]
Continue Reading →Slides From Rob Knight’s Talk
Here are the slides (in PDF) from Rob’s talk on interaction between usability professionals and software developers given on 20th January 2009. interaction between usability professionals and software developers Sorry for the delay (Rob did send them promptly)
Continue Reading →Talk On Interaction Between Usability Professionals and Software Developers
I’m posting on behalf of Rob Knight, our lead technical architect at PRWD. Rob will be giving a talk at Tuesday 20th Jan’s meeting, on the subject of the interaction between usability professionals and software developers in delivering projects. The talk will cover the common pitfalls that both sides can make in failing to understand […]
Continue Reading →Usability Event in Manchester 28th Jan
Some people may be interested to know of a free usability event being run by Manchester Digital on the 28th January 2009. I will be speaking at the event along with Judith Garmen and Pete Bagnall. It’s focused on helping business owners understand the importance of usability for both their internal and external facing websites […]
Continue Reading →Final Dates for Jan, Feb and March Meet-ups – Updated
**UPDATED** Unfortuntely for February we will need to meet in a local pub or another free meeting place, as MDDA can’t facilitate all the groups who want to use their meeting rooms on the 17th Feb 2009. We can choose a suitable venue at January’s meeting on the 20th.. ———————————————————————- Following feedback on suitable dates, […]
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