AbleReach/usability

From the page: "Beliefs are split into two camps; some people believe that the bold tag is now ineffective whereas others still believe it holds value. "

From the page: "It's likely no coincidence that around the time Google was launched, an essay called The Extended Mind was published in the journal Analysis by two philosophers, Andy Clark and David Chalmers. They set out to prove that the mind is a system made up of the physical brain and parts of its environment. When your environment is dependent on computers for communication, for example, how does this affect your memory? Does texting with phonetic words mean the eventual loss of grammatically correct writing?

One way to take over the world is to make people dependent on computers for their survival, communication, entertainment and income. I find it no coincidence that Google explores ways to make its search and data an extension of our daily habits. The key theme between Larry, Sergey, Bill and Steve, and others like them is that humans love convenience.

I think user experience web design and Internet marketing success is tied to exactly the same idea."

Usability - relating to users as a part of online marketing that works

Ravit Lichtenberg's picks for the top ten customer experience, tech and business strategy blogs. Good, diverse reading with real world applications.

This.is.excellent. Students of human behavior, as well as communicating online, should hustle over and read, read, read.

W00T! SU now understands forum thread URIs. This is a really good discussion for anyone looking at getting results from a web site, especially interesting for usability fans.

In user experience, perspective is everything. From the page: "From my perspective, all I had to do was think about my friend, and suddenly his MySpace page loaded and his song started playing."

From the page: "Bad web site design is not a good teacher. But, one person's bad design is another person's perfect web site. The true measure of success is brand trust, customer satisfaction, word of mouth referrals, continued business and steady sales leads. Search engines notice.

When usability reviews are presented from the perspective of marketing, it becomes easier to understand the importance of user experience design. Boring colors will not make or break a sale. Neither will flexible or fixed width pages. These are user annoyances and factors to consider for your business requirements but in no way should any design review settle for limited fixes like these."