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Category: User Interface

  • Web Standards in an ASP.NET World

    A presentation on achieving web standards compliance in ASP.NET, with CSS-friendly adapters and practical techniques.

  • User Experience Presentation

    A screencast of my user experience presentation at the Cincinnati .NET User’s Group, complete with my first rough encounter with iMovie.

  • Adding Edit Dialog to a Data Form Web Part

    SharePoint’s Data Form Web Part drops the edit dialog by default. Here’s the JavaScript you need to bring it back.

  • The Wireframe Audiences

    Wireframes serve designers, customers, and project managers differently. The case for keeping them static and staying in your lane as an information architect.

  • Brand SharePoint, and Let Me Help You Do It!

    I built a SharePoint branding curriculum that bridges interface design and the platform’s painful realities. Registration is open.

  • The Pains of Altering the SharePoint UI

    SharePoint’s default UI is built on table layouts, uncommented CSS, and obtrusive JavaScript. Branding it is an exercise in pain management.

  • The SharePoint Grade Card

    A candid report card on SharePoint’s major features. WSS earns an A, but Designer and the default interface barely pass.

  • A Primer on Information Architecture: Navigation

    A curated guide to navigation in information architecture: global, local, contextual, breadcrumbs, pagination, and the design patterns that tie them together.

  • A Primer on Information Architecture: Introduction

    Information architecture is the most important discipline most teams skip. This primer covers what it is, why it matters, and how users actually seek information.

  • SharePoint Wireframes

    A free MOSS 2007 wireframe template for Visio and PDF, built on the out-of-the-box master page to jumpstart your SharePoint design work.