Some people point out that the Web can be used for all the wrong things. For downloading pictures of horrible, gruesome, violent or obscene things, or ways of making bombs which terrorists could use. Other people say how their lives …
Keep your users at the center of your design project. Be humble. Listen to them. They’ll make you successful. Traducción: Que tus usuarios sean el centro de tu proyecto de diseño. Sé humilde. Escúchalos. Te ayudarán a tener éxito. Prioritizing …
Before adding a design element to your site, ask yourself: Does it simplify the user’s task? Does it add value to the user? If the answer is “no”, eliminate it. Traducción: Antes de añadir un elemento de diseño a tu …
The most shameful phrase that emerged from the era of superfluous design was “Skip Intro”. Traducción: La frase más vergonzosa que surgió de la era del diseño superfluo fue “Saltar Presentación”. Prioritizing Web Usability. Jakob Nielsen, Hoa Loranger. New Riders, …
Having adequate white space around groupings draws users’ attention to key points without causing eyestrain. Traducción: Tener un espacio en blanco suficiente alrededor de los agrupamientos llama la atención de los usuarios sobre los puntos clave sin causar fatiga visual. …
Ask yourself whether somebody reading the first two sentences on your page will take away the information you want to convey. Traducción: Pregúntate si alguien que sólo lea las dos primeras frases de tu página obtendrá la información que quieres …
Good writing makes a huge difference in page views, time spent on a site, and sales. The essential rule of site usability holds for written content as much as it does for design: Customers choose clarity over confusion. Traducción: Una …
With a few exceptions, people visit the Web for its utility, not its beauty. Having a visually appealing site is good, of course, but content is golden. After all, when people enter queries into search engines, they don’t type in …
People are annoyed by blinking or moving text. They want to control their own reading pace, and dynamic text takes that control away. Traducción: La gente se molesta cuando el texto parpadea o se mueve. La gente quiere controlar su …
ALL-CAP TEXT REDUCES READING SPEED BY ABOUT TEN PERCENT. MIXED-CASE LETTERS HAVE VARIATIONS THAT BREAK UP THE TEXT INTO RECOGNIZABLE SHAPES, WHEREAS A PARAGRAPH IN ALL CAPS HAS UNIFORM HEIGHT AND SHAPE, MAKING IT APPEAR BLOCKY AND RUN TOGETHER. ALSO, …