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  • Chio The Pirate
    Confirmed User
    • Oct 2002
    • 946
    #1

    YARGH! Web usability! A serious post from a goofy Pirate.

    YARGH! Web usability! A serious post from a goofy pirate.

    It's an old book but if you do anything web related you should read: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...199785-5738333

    A lot of designers, and program owners would benefit from applying simple web usability concepts. So many sites are poorly designed from a user standpoint.

    Whenever I have a new site built, or redesign an existing site. I always ask friends/surfers to take a look, and comment.

    This information is invaluable.

    Some things that seem so obvious to you, are not even noticed by average users.

    You designed it, so you are aware of what *you* think users should be clicking on, looking at, etc. You may be surprised to find out they aren't noticing what you thought would be *so* obvious.

    Order this book, and read it. It's a small investment that will payoff quite nicely.

    Please send any flames to Theo



    Pirate mode re-enabled:
    YARGH! Where's me pegelg wax, Club me parrot, Treasure me booty! YARGH! that's better.

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    • Meta Ridley
      Confirmed User
      • Sep 2003
      • 3433
      #2
      YARGH! Looks Usefull. I like this quote from the reviews:

      1. Don't make me think: Basically the web user does not want to venture into a site that requires them to figure it out. It should be self-evident. How do we use web pages:

      a. We don't read pages, we scan them

      b. We don't make optimal choices, we satisfice

      c. We don't figure out, how things work, we muddle through

      2. It doesn't matter how many times I click as long as each click is a mindless unambiguous choice

      3. Get rid of half the words on each page, then get rid of half of what's left.
      [email protected]

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        • BRISK
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Feb 2003
          • 12240
          #3
          I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do,
          I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.

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            • Chio The Pirate
              Confirmed User
              • Oct 2002
              • 946
              #4
              Originally posted by Alan Greenspan
              serious post from Chio The Pirate?

              hmm, looks like a good book, do you have it and have you read it?

              YARGH!, and YARGH!

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                • pornstar2pac
                  Omaha Hi/Lo
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 17380
                  #5
                  as serious as hushpuppies at Long John Silver's
                  Trump haters gonna hate. that's all they can do

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                    • SmokeyTheBear
                      ►SouthOfHeaven
                      • Jun 2004
                      • 28609
                      #6
                      What are these so called "books" i hear about ?
                      hatisblack at yahoo.com

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                        • jack.nasty
                          Confirmed User
                          • Feb 2005
                          • 1361
                          #7
                          Nice knowledge


                          I readed about usability from Jakob Nielsen.
                          It just open you mind for something different. I think this stuff can help marketing a lot, for example, driving the surfer attention for convertion.
                          In my oppinion, the adult sites are very very well succeded in this point, just what the paysite tours for example. When done with some usability aspecs, the tour will converts more, no matter what.
                          There´s many reliable source of usability online, It´s a "must read" if you are trying to make money from the web.
                          -
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                          Good thread!
                          Bum for that thread!
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                            • Fred Quimby
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jul 2004
                              • 5430
                              #8
                              I know who you are so you should be more concerned abt your poker skills.

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                                • Chio The Pirate
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Oct 2002
                                  • 946
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Fred Quimby
                                  I know who you are so you should be more concerned abt your poker skills.

                                  Me?

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                                    • xclusive
                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                      • Apr 2004
                                      • 35218
                                      #10
                                      More people should concentrate on useability good post

                                      I support MediumPimpin.com / Shemp's Outlawtgp.com /


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                                        • Chio The Pirate
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Oct 2002
                                          • 946
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by xclusive
                                          More people should concentrate on useability good post

                                          YARGH! Thanks, and yes. Just some of the concepts in the book can help tremendously.

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                                            • Robx
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Nov 2004
                                              • 357
                                              #12
                                              Let me guess, there's a map to your buried treasure on page 12, right?


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                                                • Chio The Pirate
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Oct 2002
                                                  • 946
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by Robx
                                                  Let me guess, there's a map to your buried treasure on page 12, right?

                                                  YARGH! It's actually on page 156.

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                                                    • xfalmp
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Aug 2002
                                                      • 1474
                                                      #14

                                                      Trust the "WOW" effect.

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                                                        • Wolfy
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Dec 2003
                                                          • 3574
                                                          #15
                                                          thanks chio

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                                                            • Chio The Pirate
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Oct 2002
                                                              • 946
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by Wolfy
                                                              thanks chio
                                                              YARGH!!!

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                                                                • mardigras
                                                                  Bon temps!
                                                                  • Feb 2003
                                                                  • 14194
                                                                  #17
                                                                  I'm working on a site so simple it makes Google's homepage look complicated
                                                                  .

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                                                                    • Chio The Pirate
                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                      • Oct 2002
                                                                      • 946
                                                                      #18
                                                                      YARGH!! I'd love to see it, and shameless bump for the PHX crowd, and a great book.




                                                                      The good ship Chio sails... soon.

                                                                      AHOY! me clammy clams!

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