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A Book Review of Designing Web Interfaces

Designing Web Interfaces

What can I tell you, I just love to read about web design. Because I could spend a small fortune on books, I find it very useful and wise to read a few reviews before I actually buy a book. Instead of spending my time looking for the next purchase, I thought I’d write a [...]

Top 5 Elements Every Website Must Have

Top 5 elements every website have

Are you a small business or organization just getting your presence started on the web? Or do you already have a website and can’t figure out why your visitor traffic is lacking? In either case, here are a couple of essential components that you will need to include in your website to ensure a more [...]

Accessibility Updates For Your Website

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It’s astonishing how often the issue of accessibility in web design is simply disregarded or ignored. Refusing to acknowledge disabled users of your website is potentially damaging – as well as the impact on your reputation, discriminatory laws in both the US and UK mean that there can now be legal implications for those who [...]

Call to Action Buttons Part 2: Placement

Call to Action Buttons - Placement

In the first part about Call to Action buttons, I talked about the usage of color and how it affects the user’s behaviour. As mentioned in this article, a CTA-button has 4 important tools: placement, shape (and size), message and color. In this second part I would like to give you some pointers about the [...]

Call To Action Buttons and the Psychology of Color

Call to Action Buttons and the Psychology of Color

By combining scientific studies on color with some design principles, you can create a great call-to-action button for your website and improve its conversion rate drastically.
A CTA-button has 4 important tools to achieve this: placement, shape (and size), message and color. In this article I will talk about the aspect of color.

Recommended books

Don't Make Me Think - By Steve Krug
Prioritizing Web Usability - By Jacob Nielsen and Hoa Loranger
The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web - by Jessa James Garrett
A Project Guide to UX Design - By Carolyn Chandler
Rocket Surgery Made Easy - By Steve Krug

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