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Things You Should Know About A Website’s Fold

Friday, September 7th, 2007

In this week’s series about Web Usability, we will be dealing with folds and what you need to know about them. Knowing about your fold can help you with ad click-throughs, general design and web usability. It gives you the needed knowledge so that you can appropriately place elements on your website. Let’s start […]

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Fixed vs Fluid Website Layouts

Monday, August 20th, 2007

This was a topic brought up by several commenters regarding the appropriate width and height for webpages during last week’s installment in the Web Usability Series. Some posters noted that “Designing web sites for fixed width is a pretty dated approach now-days.“, “Fluid will fit regardless of desktop or hand held device resolution.” and […]

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How Tall and Wide Should I Design My Website?

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

It seems that this often comes up in discussions, talked about by amateurs and professionals alike. Sometimes, you just aren’t sure what the best dimensions (width and height) should be for the website you’re designing. You could be designing a content-driven site, or you could be designing a one-pager using Adobe Flash, whatever you’re […]

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How To Optimize Your Body Text For Readability

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

If you’re running a text-intensive website, like a blog or article listing, there should attention paid to how well your text is read. The easier it is for users to read your text, the likelier they are to stay and read content. Please note that when I’m referring to “how easy it is to read […]

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When to Open Links in New Windows

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

I’m hoping to make the Web Usability Tip a weekly feature. Each week, I’ll shed insight on a different topic related Web Usability.
This week, I’ll be discussing links and links opening in new windows.
Internal Links
Everyone has a different take on links and where they should open. I think we can all agree that most internal […]

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