User Experience design blog - Interface Design posts

Scrolling is not the root of all evil and there is no such thing as “the fold”

I have never once sat observing a user during any usability testing and seen them give up the task in hand because they had to scroll a page. They may have not been able to find what they were looking for, or they may have not understood what to do next, but not once have they not known how to scroll.

User Experience design is not User Interface design and neither is an optional extra in product development

User experience design and interface design are not one in the same and neither should, or can successfully, just be added at the end of a product’s development as the “polish on top”

Interface design – Simple vs. Sparse

In days gone by I’d get requests like “make it like Amazon / Google / Ebay / insert-poster-boy-application-of-the-day-here

The most common request I get for now from all clients is: “Make it simple” (often followed by; “like Apple do“).

A few words on the redesign / realignment of JMCQUARRIE.co.uk

Those of you who follow me on twitter (@jmcquarrie) will know that I revealed a new design here at jmcquarrie.co.uk this week.

The update was much needed and incorporates a number of changes that I’ve been meaning to make since I launched the last version of the site just over a year ago.

Reeder – My new favourite app

Reeder is what Google Reader should have been.

Latest client work – The CV Nurse

Let the CV Nurse tend to your CV and help you land your dream job

As of today I’m a freelance web consultant, designer and developer for hire

Welcome to the official website of JMcQuarrie Ltd

HTML tables: Not totally bad. Part three: Putting tables into practise

The third and final installment of a series of posts about HTML tables

HTML tables: Not totally bad. Part two: An introduction to the table element and its associates

Part two of a three part series

HTML tables: Not totally bad. Part one: HTML tables are not the root of all evil

Lets talk about HTML tables properly

Where then what vs. What then where

Which is the better model for Information Architecture?

Sometimes trees grow sideways

Do you browse left to right or up and down?

Top web tools and resources that no web designer (or developer) should live without

From browser plugins to image generators

CSS tip:- Using whitespace: nowrap and line-height on horizontal lists to stop splintering and overlapping

Two CSS tricks to make horizontal lists look better

5 simple ways to make your mark up more manageable

HTML & CSS coding tricks that can save you and your team time

Introducing the "FAVE" pattern for web application administration functionality

Find, Add, View, Edit

Documenting the design of a web application -Part two: Using static HTML mock up screens to document the User Interface and show the User Experience

Part two of a three part series

Documenting the design of a web application -Part one: Using Garrett’s Visual Vocabulary to document the Information Architecture

For the past two and a half years I have been working in the world of User Experience and web interface design.

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