Hijacking Standardized Keyboard Shortcuts
I love keyboard shortcuts, and I think they can make you extra productive if you utilize them. I always use keyboard shortcuts, and use them for everything when I can: alt+tab, shift+end, ctrl+tab, ctrl+c, etc. I even use ones that seem crazy complex for certain applications like Photoshop: ctrl+alt+shift+s (save for web), but it definitely saves time. Using these shortcuts, I can pretty much use almost all the features on a computer without a mouse.
The problem I have is with the use of keyboard shortcuts for web applications. (more…)
March 15, 2009 at 9:55 pm | Usability | 2 comments
BusinessOnLine’s Optimized Newsletter
I recently wrote a featured article for BusinessOnLine’s March newsletter, OPTIMIZED. I talk about a couple of the most common usability problems that we come across, and walk through a couple of examples. (more…)
March 12, 2009 at 9:07 pm | Usability | No comment
Skittles Social Media Experiment
There’s been a lot of buzz recently regarding the new Skittles.com website, and their creative use of social media websites and user generated content on Twitter, Wikipedia, Flickr, and YouTube. Check out the blog post I co-authored with Thanh for our Usability Blog, Re:Cognition.
March 2, 2009 at 2:29 pm | Usability | No comment