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Monday, 14 July 2008
Here’s why Yellowpages search still sucks from the point of view of those who matter: their users.
Try searching for “Travel Inn Hotel in “Carlton Victoria” and you’ll get 10 results, all for the same Carlton Inn Hotel, situated on the corner of Grattan & Drummond Streets:
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Monday, 23 June 2008
A few months ago I wrote about how most of our visitors come here via a Google search. A small percentage of those even use the search box on the top-right, once they get here.
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Monday, 26 May 2008
As most of you Firefox users are probably aware, the latest version has a built-in spell checker which is really useful in web forms. But if you prefer a proper spell checker (rather than the default American one), you should download the Australian Dictionary extension from Cameron Roy instead.
Monday, 5 May 2008
Recently, I needed to write some documentation for a web application and I needed a way to create screenshots of web pages which are longer than one screen.
While there are several shareware applications which can do this, I stumbled on a Firefox extension which does exactly this in such a simple and elegant way.
Screengrab allows you to grab a screenshot with a simple right-click of a mouse. You can grab the complete page, visible portion or your own custom selection, and copy it to your clipboard or save it as an image file.
Monday, 14 April 2008
Steve Krug, author of the excellent “Don’t make me think” offers a great website usability tip for those on a tight budget:
If you really want to know if your website works, ask your next door neighbour to try using it, while you watch. You bring the beer.
Check out some of his other great tips while you’re at it.
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