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Usability Comes In Packages
We package our usability assessments with all the bells and whistles. Want a task analysis? It's in there. How about a visual of what it could look like? It's in there. How about ... well here is what you get: Fluid's Flow Pack: Tasks Analysis: A review of your top 10...
Shop Your Competitors
Tis the season to be assured you are differing yourself from your competition. How so? Well, gather around and I'll show you ... with this new high level multi-tasks score sheet. The sheet looks at website content, functions, etc, - all good little elements that you...
Intuitive Interfaces for All!
Is this a believable statement? Can a company help deliver intuitive user interfaces for all? That means for web, software, cells, anything with a screen. Why yes we can, if we believe and join forces. It's like when Jony Ive of Apple designed these shells for the...
KC Software Corp. Got Satisfaction, and then some
A Kansas City software corporation chose FluidUI to help introduce desktop software into web and mobile, for a new healthcare segment. Our understanding of usability, the industry and the application were spot on. We reduced page architecture by 15% and skipped the...
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 informed,...
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 simple. Provide the...
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...
User Experience Design That Increases ROI – workshop
Book this interactive presentation that will have you and your colleagues asking questions and getting answers, right from the start. We cover the basics of usability, then as a group, critique websites of some well-known and local brands. What are Sprint, Apple,...