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How Important are Avatars? – Bokardo
Jun 1, ’09
2:44 PM
Joshua Porter on the importance of avatars in social applications: “Trust is a crucial byproduct of avatars that we can leverage in design. In one of my current consulting projects we’re working on what you might call “time to first known avatar”. That is, we are trying to speed up the time it takes for someone new to the service to see a familiar face…the faster they see the face the faster they’ll get comfortable with the software. If the time it takes for them to see a familiar face is too long, then they might very well give up because it doesn’t feel as welcoming. But if we can instill a sense of presence of friends early on, we’ll have tilted the cards in our favor.”
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May 28, ’09
9:49 AM
Single Column Lists Take More Pages, But Achieve Better Results – MediaPost
May 28, ’09
9:06 AM
An eyetracking study shows that reads have a much easier time scanning down a Twitter/FF/FB-like one-column list than a three-column version.
Single Column Lists Take More Pages, But Achieve Better Results – MediaPost
On applying OOP concepts to CSS – JeffCroft.com
May 20, ’09
8:17 PM
Jeff elaborates on this: ““It’s amazing what you can do in very little code when you apply object-oriented principles to CSS. Wish more front-end devs understood OOP.”
In Defense of Eye Candy – A List Apart
Apr 21, ’09
8:34 PM
A brief treatise in support of prettiness. More importantly, coherent example on why prettiness might matter. (We’re talking about design here.)
Get Wireframing: The All-In-One Guide – Hi, Im Grace Smith
Mar 19, ’09
11:27 AM
Tons of resources. Free tools. Good posts. And more.
Applications of usability principles on a social network – creative briefing
Mar 17, ’09
5:47 AM
Crucial stuff for anyone designing an application that they expect users to, y’know, use.
Applications of usability principles on a social network – creative briefing
A List Apart: Articles: The Elements of Social Architecture
Mar 7, ’09
8:04 AM
Thoughtful and mildly theoretical (or at the very least, psychological) notes for anyone building a social component to a network.
Recreating the button | stopdesign
Feb 7, ’09
9:27 AM
Doug Bowman provides the details on the new GMail buttons (boxy, but cute).