There is an international trend requesting access to open data. That is good. Open data helps organizations, companies and governments to create an environment of trust. There is a guide for open government data which is written by W3C. Open Data and Licenses To really promote open data, it is necessary to use the appropriate [...]
UX – Experience Utilisateur
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juil 10
juil 10
How the Yahoo portal personalises User Experience
In the course of a week-long benchmark study of portals around the world we ran recently for one of our clients, I stumbled upon the home page for the Yahoo! portal in spain. Notice anything unusual? What fascinates me is how the top third of the page mentioned locations in no less than three countries. [...]
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juin 10
juin 10
A comparison of performance, UX and dev-friendliness of various webfonts services
Recent technological progress has made the life of designers a little less miserable: with @font-face in CSS, Web Typography is no longer limited to a handful of choices. The web is not print, however, and the embedding of nice typography seems to come with a few other issues: the first few site prototypes on which [...]
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mar 10
mar 10
Where is the (Web Site) Kitchen?
Imagine, you are working for an architecture agency. A client comes and says I need a new restaurant. The interview process is starting. Understanding the branding, the needs of the clients, the type of food, the capacity, etc. A few kpis (Key performance indicators) are defined. And then the conceptual work will start, hopefully the [...]
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fév 10
fév 10
Mobile User Agent Strings and Wreckage Ahead
In a society with strong diversity, you design the system to be flexible enough for everyone. Often it means to find the sweet spot where you maximize the experience and the access whatever your requirements are. The work of Web standards is part of this system to maximize the experience. The mobile devices are bringing [...]