Usable Facts

Here are some simple, though often overlooked practices that users prefer for websites and software: Heading sizes: 16-24 points (1-1.5 em) most common Body font sizes: 12 points (.75 em) most common Best color for links: blue Search boxes: ideal size is 18-24...

Engaging

Everyone wants engagement, they want their users to be engaged, their clients, their co-workers, as well as they themselves. So what does it take to be engaged? Stimulation – appealing interfaces, environments and ideas. Trust – data wont be lost, being...

Zappos: C’mon Get Happy

Zappos credits their success as a top online retailer and one of the ‘100 Best Companies To Work For’, to happiness. They also throw in profits, passion and purpose that lead to the company’s happiness. It sounds complicated, though actually it is...

Silicon Valley, The Prairie and The User

If Silicon Valley were a college, it rival MIT. If it were on the prairie, it would be here in the KC Metro, where practicality is a tradition and creativity is on the rise. FluidUI has a team that captures this experience. Our Human Factors Engineer came out of KU...