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Blog Response: IE 6 The Devil Not In Disguise

Posted: Feb 12th, 2009 | No Comments
The other day I came across an interesting article “Stop Developing for Internet Explorer 6” .  My initial thought was great I finally can stop developing for IE 6. Of course, that was just a pipedream. On many of my applications I still have a large captive IE 6 audience....
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The Most Important Questions to Ask When Building A Web Application UI.

Posted: Feb 10th, 2009 | 1 Comment
You didn’t think I was going to reveal it so quickly did you? Of course not, I like everyone to learn a little bit before they get the answer. There is nothing wrong with being forced to think a bit. Let me back up a little and begin there. The other day I was driving home from work and...
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UI Design Lessons: Are You Driving Your Application Usability Off A Cliff?

Posted: Jul 4th, 2008 | 1 Comment
If I had a million dollars for every time a client asked me to add more features, or more appropriately stuff and jam more features into an already bulging application, I would have published a book, bought a mansion, and maybe a small island somewhere in the South Pacific....
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Why Did My Design Fail Miserably and Other Not Nice Things?

Posted: Mar 28th, 2007 | No Comments
So as I was laying here sick in bed and thinking about design stuff. That’s the great thing or a curse about having a design based job. Even while you are sick you can’t always turn off your brain. So unless asleep or staring at the tv you are always thinking. ...
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The Haves, Have Nots & Feature Bloated User Experience.

Posted: Mar 24th, 2007 | No Comments
Imagine with me a minute that you have just identified in your Book Keeper 2.0 web application that too much information and functionality is jammed into the “add new book” page. The business analysts insist that everything needs to be available to the user. They “need” to...
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