W3C Validation’ Category
The following CSS selectors are considered workarounds and hacks for specific web browsers.
IE 6 and below
* html {}
IE 7 and below
*:first-child+html {} * html {}
IE 7 only
*:first-child+html {}
IE 7 and modern browsers only
html>body {}
Modern browsers only (not IE 7)
html>/**/body {}
Recent Opera versions 9 and below
html:first-child {}
How to Apply Hacks
If you want to add [...]
Archive for the ‘Usability’ Category
CSS Hacks for IE 7, IE 6, Opera, etc
Posted in Usability, tagged CSS, CSS Hacks on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Best Practices of CSS
Posted in CSS, Usability on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
1. Avoid CSS Expressions
2. Avoid Filters
3. Specify units for non-zero values, but not for zero values.
4. Don’t use quotation marks around paths/URLs when setting a background image or loading in an imported file
5. Try to avoid applying padding/borders and a fixed width to an element. Rather, apply padding to the parent element.
6. Minimize number of [...]
Best Practices of HTML
Posted in Usability on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
1. Doctypes
By using a certain DOCTYPE (strict or transitional) you claim to have correctly implemented a certain (X)HTML flavor:
2.XHTML
Make all your tags lower case (<p> instead of <P>);
Close all your tags, even empty ones (<br /> and <hr /> instead of<BR> and <HR>);
Make all attribute names lower case and quote all attribute values; and onmouseover [...]
123Greeting.com Tab Menu
Posted in Interface Design, Usability on May 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
123Greeting.com Tab Menu
When we start revamp 123Greeting.com our plan is to set well and easy navigation systems. Where we can load all of our category and followed by the sub category as a 2nd level navigation. We start finding which type of navigation will fit for our site. Even one things we have to keep [...]
What is Usability
Posted in Accessibility, Usability, design, user exprience on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What is Usability
1 Usability definition:
As defined in ISO 9241-11 1 The extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction in a specified context of use
2 Parameters of usability
1. Effectiveness : Task Completion
2. Efficiency : Lesser time / clicks
3. Satisfaction : Pleasurable activity [...]
Breadcrumbs In Web Design
Posted in Usability on March 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What is a breadcrumb?
A “breadcrumb” (or “breadcrumb trail”) is a type of secondary navigation scheme that reveals the user’s location in a website or Web application. The term comes from the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale in which the two title children drop breadcrumbs to form a trail back to their home. Just like in [...]
What is Usability
Posted in Usability on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Usability definition: As defined in ISO 9241-11
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The extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction in a specified context of use
2
Parameters of usability
1.
Effectiveness : Task Completion
2.
Efficiency : Lesser time / clicks
3.
Satisfaction : Pleasurable activity
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Benefits of Usability
Benefits to Users
User satisfaction à User Delight
More [...]
Definition & usage – Wireframe
Posted in Interface Design, Prototyping, Usability, user exprience, tagged layout, Wireframe on January 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
original posted on http://www.strangesystems.net
Wireframes serve a central function in the development of a web site. It is a key tool in communicating the content and layout of each web page for internal and client reviews as well serving as a blueprint for graphic designers to produce designs and for programmers develop functionality.
What are wireframes?
A wireframe [...]
User Interface Management in Deployment
Posted in Usability on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The User Interface Editor can be used to specify and set properties for predefined dialog boxes that are displayed during installation on the target computer.
The User Interface Editor is a tree control containing two sections: Install and Admin. The Install section contains dialog boxes that will be displayed when the end user runs the installer; [...]
Mobile User Experience Strategy
Posted in Usability, user exprience, tagged Mobile, Mobile User Experience Strategy, Strategy, User Experience on October 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The event, “Google Presents User Experience & Mobile Apps, Google user experience designer Leland Rechis started his talk by re-iterating Google’s mission: Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Rechis added that mobility is fast-becoming the key to making information “universally accessible,” but he warned that without a solid user experience, [...]
