Links archive for December 2002
Typography 06.12.02, 13:42
Understanding web typography - an introduction
"Text - in the context of accessible Web design - is truly your flexible friend; it can be transformed into audio or braille, used to describe non-text elements, and be presented visually in an infinite number of sizes. In the world of accessible design goodies and baddies, text is a goodie, a real accessibility hero.
But - as with all heroes - text also has the potential to be very bad..."
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Web Design 06.12.02, 13:37
'Click here': Needless words
"Perhaps when the Web was just catching on — in 1995, say — writing “click here” within links made some sense, to teach new surfers the Web’s fundamental interface element. But those words are meaningless, especially today when people have already learned that clicking links takes you to a page described within the link..."
A pet peeve of mine; glad to see it well covered in an article.
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Information Architecture 06.12.02, 13:26
Information Needs Analysis
"Each user has a different type of information need depending on what he's trying to find and why he's trying to find it. If we can determine the most common information needs a site's users have, we can select the few best architectural components to address those information needs..."
Typically excellent "ramble" (his words) from Lou.
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Usability 06.12.02, 13:21
Usability and Open Source Software
A review of the current state of Open Source Software Usability. Discusses how the characteristics of open source development influence usability.
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Information Architecture 06.12.02, 13:18
The Best IA Tool You Never Heard Of
An article about an interesting IA, diagramming, and blogging tool called Tinderbox. I checked this out briefly myself some months ago, though never got into it. Worth checking out though.
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Information Architecture 06.12.02, 13:13
Ten Taxonomy Myths
Nice overview and refutal of some common myths surrounding the nature use of taxonomies.