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25May/091

Vote for us in the Bloggers Choice Awards

If you'd like to head down to BloggersChoice and vote for Pretty Usable that'd be great!  However it won't cure world hunger, save the Pandas or make me a rich man ... so if you cant spare the time then dont worry too much about it!

Thanks,

N.

Tagged as: 09, 2009, awards, bloggers, choice, design, pretty, prettyusable, usable, vote 1 Comment
14May/094

25 Incredibly Useful Usability & Standards Checklists

Is your Web site primed for every possible viewer? How would you know if it was? The greatest thing about a usable web site that conforms to current web standards is that anyone and everyone is able to use it.

Ensuring your site is easily usable by your key demographic will ensure that everyone gets where they need to be, and sees what they need to see on your site, without unnecessary effort or excessive clicks.  Conforming to current web standards ensures that irrelevant of disability or user restrictions (running IE6 counts as both!) means that no ones left out; this is particularly important on sites that appeal to a completely open demographic, a local government website for example.

Tagged as: checklist, help, list, Usability, usable, Web Design, web site, webdesign, website Continue reading
3Apr/094

10 Persuasive web sites with fantastic usability

Aesthetics and usability are not mutually exclusive, and this list proves it.

I'm a designer that firmly believes that usability is integral to any design, but I also feel that aesthetics should never be sidelined for functionality; a careful balance of the two must be adopted, and this, I feel, is what makes a great web designer.  I hope this provides some inspiration and encourages usability, especially when designing beautifully sleek front ends that often disregard it completely.

It's important for me to note that when I describe a user friendly web site, I'm not necessarily talking about accessibility; however accessibility is factored into my decisions.

Tagged as: 10, Aesthetics, examles, intuitive, list, persuasive, Usability, usable, Web Design, web sites Continue reading
   

Welcome to PrettyUsable

'PrettyUsable' is a blog focused on designing user friendly, persuasive and aesthetic web content. As this blog is dedicated to the design end of web production you won't find a lot of scripting banter; but if you look closely you'll see some squeezed in here and there.

PrettyUsable is run and edited by Nathan Hornby, a London based UX Design professional, and contributed to by other professionals of the web design industry.

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