By Chris Poteet on March 24, 2008
A trendy topic amongst CSS’ers is the CSS reset. The idea is that you intercept the default browser stylesheet (that is used first in the cascade), reset, and then apply generic styles including margin/padding. I read many articles by many gurus, but I eventually came out with what I have below. For differing implementations check out […]
Posted in Design, User Interface | Tagged CSS, reset, Typography, ui, Web Design |
By Chris Poteet on January 31, 2008
Usability testing is often overlooked to the peril of both the developer and the consumer. I was convicted reading Steve Krug’s book on usability to go ahead with testing even if it’s small and cheap. In doing this for the recent design of this site I wanted to share how I did usability testing for […]
Posted in Design, Usability, User Experience, User Interface | Tagged testing, Typography, ui, Web Design |
By Chris Poteet on December 21, 2007
At work we are currently re-doing the architecture of our user interface (UI) layer. We sat down to discuss what our objectives should be in doing this initiative, and I found the objectives so compelling that I think it could apply to any user interface. Below are the major objectives in constructing a UI: consistency, […]
Posted in Design, Information Architecture, Usability, User Interface | Tagged accessibility, Design, navigation, performance, Standards, ui |