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Please Don't Steal My Focus

Jeff Atwood200751 points13 comments Design & UX details

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The Future of Reading (a play in 6 acts)

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What if Google had to design their user interface to rank high on Google?

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Guide to Low Cost, High-Impact Websites

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Joel explains how a new monopoly will emerge around AJAX

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IBM just released an open-source office suite called IBM Lotus Symphony. Sounds like Yet Another StarOffice distribution. But I suspect they’re probably trying to wipe out the memory of the origina…

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Why You Only Need to Test with 5 Users

Jakob Nielsen2007cited by 11Design & UX details

Elaborate usability tests are a waste of resources. The best results come from testing no more than 5 users and running as many small tests as you can afford.