Improving Usability with Fitts’ Law
Back in 1954, psychologist Paul Fitts published an article the detailed his theory on human mechanics as it pertained to aimed movement. It was Fitts’ observation that the action of pointing to or tapping an target object could be measured and predicted mathematically.
Fitts stated that the size of the target object along with its distance from the starting location could be directly measured, allowing him to model the ease at which a person could perform the same action with a different target object.
Smarter Web Designs: Responsive and Customizable
The way we design websites has changed profoundly in recent years. We have more information on how web users interact with user interfaces, we have developed many testing methods for evaluating usability, and we now build sites with great emphasis on user-centered design. In addition, research in the fields of psychology, sociology and usability has enriched our understanding of our site visitors.
The Importance of Web Content Strategy
Some web design and web development agencies have it all. They provide their clients with a complete site solution from beginning to end, from site planning and information architecture to web design, web hosting, and SEO. It’s tough for a smaller web design company or the solo freelancer to compete.
Or is it?
Announcement: Winners of WPZOOM Premium WordPress Themes
WPZOOM and Six Revisions partnered up to give away 10 of their top-quality premium WordPress themes in a recent giveaway. Plenty of Six Revisions readers participated, and in this post, we announce the 10 winners.
30 Awesome Web Designs That Create an Illusion of Depth
Depth perception is our ability to see the world in three dimensions. It allows us to gauge the relative distances of objects we can see. In a plane/2D surface, depth can be simulated by the use of concepts related to depth of field, perspective, focal/vantage point, shading, lighting, and others.
Announcement: Winners of Zyma Web Hosting
We recently held a giveaway for 2 years free web hosting on Zyma. 20 Six Revisions readers who participated were randomly selected to win this awesome prize, and in this post, you’ll see the list of winners.
8 Things They Don’t Tell You About Being a Web Designer
After nearly fifteen years working as a web professional, there are many things I wish I’d known years ago when I was just getting started. You might think that the top items of regret are about not learning or mastering technical skills or tools like Ruby on Rails, jQuery, Node.js or Fireworks. Not so.
In fact, I believe the tools and web programming languages you use are one of the least important factors.
