“Don't Make Me Think!” is a book by Steven Krug that deals with web usability and user interface design patterns. This book touches on user patterns, designing for scanning, navigation design, web page layout, and usability testing.

Normally, mouse wheel input always goes to the control which holds the keyboard input focus. But since that wheel is mounted to the mouse and not the keyboard, it should follow the mouse cursor’s position more than the keyboard focus. This behaviour can be activated with the MouseFilter component th...

I’ve been chatting with Siddhika on Microsoft’s User Research program. Right now, immediately, Microsoft is looking for users willing to participate in Microsoft’s System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) research group.

Hartija is "mini" CSS Framework for web printing. The goal of this framework is to improve and ease the creation of "printer friendly" pages with minimum effort.

Application usability is enhanced when users know how to operate the UI and it guides them through the workflow. Violating common guidelines prevents both.

It is much easier to criticize somebody else’s work than to create something cool yourself. But if you apply a systematic approach to criticizing, make a numbered list and prepare illustrations, it will be regarded as a fully-fledged analysis! In my opinion, icon design is undergoing a transitional ...