Gary Barber
Blogging at http://manwithnoblog.com
Man with no Blog :: Gary Barber rants on user experience, and the controlled chaos of the Web Industry
User Experience is in the Details
August 12, 2010
User Experience is in the Details
Just like a good design is all about the fine details, so too it is the same for the design of an over all user experience. The critical elements usually come from those small details of the communications and interaction with the audience. If you start to get these wrong, then people do start to question [...]
Redesigning the World, maybe not
July 14, 2010
Redesigning the World, maybe not
Lately there has been a resurgence in the discussion over using design for the greater good. From using design principles at the boardroom table, to solving third world problems with better interaction design. Who are we really kidding! While the concepts are very noble and I can see how it can be done. There really needs [...]
Web Awards that have Meaning
June 14, 2010
Web Awards that have Meaning
Over the years I have found that web awards tend to fall into three types: The mindless handout of awards to favour colleagues. Awards for the prettiest or most unusable but funky hip design. An award that is a true test and representation of the best in the industry. What I find that you are really looking for is [...]
User Experience is more than Wireframes and Prototypes
June 07, 2010
User Experience is more than Wireframes and Prototypes
There seems to be a bit of a trend at the moment, within developmental circles to just add a few wireframes and develop a prototype or two, and then you can declare you are across the user experience design process. The thing is User Experience is a lot more than just a few simple techniques, it’s an [...]
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Spammers are Getting Tricky
May 23, 2010
Spammers are Getting Tricky
If you run a Blog or any publicly facing form on the web then you now take it that spammers are a constant problem. I have noticed over the years that the quality of the comment spammers has been improving. It is to be expect really, as the tools to combat spammers step up and gets [...]
Kill Accessibility
May 20, 2010
Kill Accessibility
Let’s get some reality on the web accessibility debate. We all know about WCAG 1, we have all at least had a look at the associated checklists. If you are lucky you may have glanced at WCAG 2. We all have been developing and designing our sites with semantic content, in compliance with W3C guidelines, using progressive [...]
Is Frontend Development in the UX Toolkit?
May 14, 2010
Is Frontend Development in the UX Toolkit?
It’s an interesting point is the ability to code in CSS, HTML and JavaScript a skill that is relevant to the User Experience practitioner. Or should that be left to the developers and designers. Why ask? Well I’m at a crossroads. You see the nature of the local industry here is such that there just isn’t a [...]
Stop using PDF and MS-Word Forms
May 13, 2010
Stop using PDF and MS-Word Forms
Look around the web, you’ll find them all over the place. MS-Word and PDF forms that you have to download and complete. I would be forgiven for thinking that we have not progressed on the web since 1995. I know I’m not perfect I have been party to this crime against UX as well. We know they [...]
Growing Business in a Walled Garden
April 30, 2010
Growing Business in a Walled Garden
Social networking sites like Facebook and the like were fun when they started. You could be ensured of a reasonable degree of trust with them. I don’t know if you have noticed lately, but Facebook have been slowly but surely selling off your privacy, and rights to the information you put on their site. They [...]
Relevance of Web Industry Associations
April 27, 2010
Relevance of Web Industry Associations
Over the last few years I have really come to question the point of various web industry professional associations. Yes, it’s all about member benefits, relevancy, and value for money. What I also look for is the chances to network, face to face or online, ways to enhance my professional development (offline and online). Also the [...]
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