Comments on: Five Simple but Essential Web Usability Tips

By: The CSS Coder

The CSS Coder — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:07:38 +0000

Wonderful article! I liked the tips you suggested. Especially the form designing part is something most of the designer overlook. Thanks you pointed it out. Keep writing such helpful content.

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:15:40 +0000

Great collection of 5 web usability tips, my next usability project is to add some search functionality to a few designs, as I always find I use this usability feature on websites I visit.

By: Cesar Noel

Cesar Noel — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:30:23 +0000

A very nice article on Usability. Keep it up

By: Jeff MacArthur

Jeff MacArthur — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:31:17 +0000

Just a note that it’s generally acknowledged that it’s best to put field name labels ABOVE the field, as opposed to on the LEFT side of the field (less effort for the user to read, takes away the question of right/left alignment on the left side, which creates other problems).

Great article!

Jeff

By: Colin

Colin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:06:33 +0000

I have to agree on the FAQ page part. These pages are great for getting users the info they need.

If you’re going to add a Q&A or Frequently Asked Questions page to your site consider using my web app I just made: http://breezyfaq.com

It takes like 5 minutes to set up and users can ask you questions on it. This is great for keeping your list up to date.

Also the questions are searchable, which will help users get to the question they want faster.

By: Elijah

Elijah — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:17:27 +0000

Thanks! for your post

By: Amber Weinberg

Amber Weinberg — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:47:49 +0000

I don’t agree that every site needs a search feature either. Especially the normal 5 page brochure site. But great tips nonetheless :)

By: Vijendra Mishra

Vijendra Mishra — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:42:14 +0000

Nice Post … I think we should follow these tips on our website.

By: Jon Crim

Jon Crim — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:29:01 +0000

Nice article. I think these are a great set of tips #5 Make Help Features Available is one i haven’t heard mentioned in a while – key for an eCommerce website.

By: cchana

cchana — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:05:25 +0000

nice tips, point 2 is key for me. sometimes structure has far less importance than it should have.

point 1 is a good one, but i find that search is hard to get right. using google’s site search isn’t always perfect, you have to wait to be crawled before it’s up to date after all!

If you have the time/resources to do an in-house, wild card search feature, then it’s definitely something worth doing.