Tag Archives: usabilty

Watch that space! (more from TCUK09)

Posted on 26 September 2009 by David Farbey

When Kath Straub gave her presentation on Reading beyond the words: How text formatting can enhance the readability and persuasiveness of text at the Technical Communications UK 2009 (TCUK09) Conference she created an unexpected storm. That’s probably because what Kath … Continue reading →

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How did they design Office 2007?

Posted on 7 August 2008 by David Farbey

I have just read a fascinating interview with one of the people responsible for designing the ribbon interface of Office 2007. (Thanks to Peter Bogaards of InfoDesign – Understanding by design for providing the link – Peter always recommends excellent … Continue reading →

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Where’s that command gone?

Posted on 27 April 2008 by David Farbey

I have been using Microsoft Word professionally for quite a long time – since Word 2 on Windows 3, if you want to get historical about it. Each time Microsoft have presented a major upgrade I’ve got a little annoyed … Continue reading →

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Reading by numbers

Posted on 15 March 2008 by David Farbey

I am indebted to Karen Schriver, author of Dynamics in Document Design, for posting a note to the Info-Design Cafe mailing list about a recent article in the Wall Street Journal about readability formulas. In his article “Can you read … Continue reading →

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Usability from the trenches

Posted on 15 August 2007 by David Farbey

Mark Liberman is a linguist and mathematician at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also has some responsibilities for student accommodation.He has written a wonderful article about an example of poor usability for a new computer application which was supposed … Continue reading →

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