From the workshop: Don’t steal my Theme Options. Great writeup on theme options in Duet by Andy at the Theme Foundry. When you put this much thought and care into the settings of your product you are going to create a wonderful product.
Tag Archives: user experience
Don’t give your users shit work
Some people still like shit work. They can spend an hour moving Twitter accounts to special Lists, and then at the end of it look back and say “Boy, I spent an hour doing this. I really accomplished a lot today!” You didn’t. You did… Continue reading →
What are your product’s goals?
Marco Arment writing about Amazon’s goals with the Kindle: I agree: it does seem like those were Amazon’s goals. They now have an inexpensive tablet that makes it extremely easy for its users to buy more from Amazon. Note the apparent absence of goals such… Continue reading →
Trying to cancel a Spotify account
I’ve used Rdio for about a month now. Earlier I wrote how much I love the service. I still do, it’s tremendous. When Spotify launched in the US I figured I’d sign up for their premium account and give it a shot for a month. After… Continue reading →
Doubling WordPress.com Signups
Windows Live Spaces has doubled the number of monthly signups at WordPress.com. Quite the busy last few months for us. With the addition of Windows Live Spaces sites moving to WordPress.com, Windows Live users who are new to blogging coming here, and word-of-mouth from our current… Continue reading →
Slow reading and poor content design
The Guardian published an article a few days ago discussing the concerns of some academics over modern reading habits. It centers around the idea that, for some, reading online is an inherently shallower process that leaves a person less educated than reading traditional print texts. This… Continue reading →
There are no small changes
Des Traynor on the small things in designing a user experience: There are no tiny features when you’re doing things properly. This is why as a UX designer you need a good understanding of what it takes to implement a feature before you nod your… Continue reading →