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7 Guiding principles for designing a better user experience
In conducting a number of web site usability reviews of late I’ve noticed a series of emergent issues that are common to all. These issues can be broadly grouped into the following list of 7 ‘principles’ that affect the user interface and information architecture of almost every interactive online product, whether it be it a simple web site or large complex application.
The following list can be regarded as a series of simple ‘rules-of-thumb’ to keep in mind when designing usable interfaces.
Posted March 02 2010 by Ben Tollady | 0 Comments -
Category Select - A new field type for ExpressionEngine
We have been working hard, and have released another ExpressionEngine 1.6.8+ add-on. Category Select is a Pixel&Tonic’s FieldFrame field type which displays categories (from multiple category groups!) in a drop-down list.
Posted February 24 2010 by Andrew Gunstone | 0 Comments -
Our very own dev guru in the ‘Spotlight’
The great folks over at devot:ee have put together a new “Spotlight” article on our very own dev guru Andrew. The article has Andrew talking about how he used ExpressionEngine on our recently released site for Eastern Ranges GP Association.
Posted February 11 2010 by Ben Tollady | 0 Comments -
Publish Redirect - a new ExpressionEngine 2.0 Add-on
We are pleased to announce that Andrew has released a new extension specifically designed for ExpressionEngine 2.0. Publish Redirect allows you to redirect a user to a specific page after updating or adding an entry. By default the extension will redirect the user back to the current entry edit screen and display a message.
Posted February 06 2010 by Andrew Gunstone | 0 Comments -
Improving The Age site search field usability in 5 minutes
Despite being someone who uses the web daily (and a regular reader of The Age) I find myself getting caught-out by the design of their site search every time. Here’s how I’d tweak the design to improve it’s usability in 5 minutes.
Posted May 29 2009 by Ben Tollady | 1 Comments -
I Vote For Art gets an upgrade
Now I normally wouldn’t mention when we simply upgrade or update a site we have designed, but there was a little bit of psychology that went with the recent update to I Vote For Art that I thought would be worth sharing.
In conjunction with the client, three areas were identified that needed updating and improving with the site.
Posted April 06 2009 by Andrew Gunstone | 0 Comments -
Tutorials: Petitions with ExpressionEngine and Freeform
A recent project had a lot of requirements. Most were straightforward, and things we come across in our daily lives as web developers… blog, news, about us, contact form, etc. As with all clients, they also had a few requirements that were not quite “out of the box”.
Along with these usual features, the site required the Content Management System (CMS) to create petition forms for individual campaigns that they were running. It may come as no surprise to those who know me… but of course I turned to ExpressionEngine to help solve my problems.
Posted March 31 2009 by Andrew Gunstone | 3 Comments -
Review: Campaign Monitor, Email Newsletter Software
I was recently asked to write a review of the Campaign Monitor email marketing software for popular industry magazine, Think Vitamin.
Posted March 31 2009 by Ben Tollady | 0 Comments -
Welcome to Thirst Studios
Yep. We have finally launched our website. It’s taken a while due to all the client work but hey, we sure ain’t complaining!
Posted March 31 2009 by Andrew Gunstone | 5 Comments
Latest articles
- 7 Guiding principles for designing a better user experience
- Category Select - A new field type for ExpressionEngine
- Our very own dev guru in the ‘Spotlight’
- Publish Redirect - a new ExpressionEngine 2.0 Add-on
- Improving The Age site search field usability in 5 minutes