Archive - Usability

CRTC Hearings on New Media

17 February 2009 by Guinevere, 1 Comment

This is too important not to blog, even in my downtime. If you’re a media producer in Canada, you won’t want to miss CRTC’s hearings taking place today, tomorrow and next week. Many different interests groups are presenting their case to CRTC (similar to FCC in the U.S.) on whether the internet should be regulated [...]

5 Ways to Retain Newsletter Subscribers

2 September 2008 by Guinevere, No Comments

Over the years I’ve subscribed to so many newsletters that my mailbox has become overcrowded. I find that I am not able to read all newsletters, so I’ve been undergoing a massive unsubscribe process for the large majority of the newsletters that I receive. Since I write and deploy newsletters myself, I took note of [...]

Cancel the Cancel Button

27 May 2008 by Guinevere, 1 Comment

Usability expert Jakob Nielsen asks in this week’s article, “Should the OK button come before or after the Cancel button?” He recommends sticking with the standard that the operating system of your visitors use. So, if you’re creating a web application for a Mac focused crowd, you would put OK last and for pretty much [...]