INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE AND USABILITY I
Louis Rosenfeld on Information Needs Analysis: "Each user has a different type of information need depending on what he's trying to find and why he's trying to find it. If we can determine the most common information needs a site's users have, we can select the few best architectural components to address those information needs." Recommended.
INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE AND USABILITY II
cluebox.com on Worst Practices for Intranet Applications (Powerpoint link): "Intranets may have applications that are developed in-house, out-hosted through an application service provider, or simply deployed as a packaged application. This presentation outlines some common errors in structure and approach that can lead to negative consequences." Recommended, too. More cluebox.com presentations.
WILL OPERA EVER GET IT RIGHT?
Mozilla UI genius mpt: "During the years when I was depressing myself about how awful Mozilla's design was, I'd often cheer myself up by reminding myself that Mozilla would never be quite as poorly designed as Opera. Tonight I've been taking the new Opera 7 beta for a spin, and I'm impressed to see its design is still worse than Mozilla." - and 21 things he lists Opera gets wrong (and two it gets right).
AND DOES NETSCAPE FINALLY GET IT RIGHT?
Still, there are people stuck with badly sucking Netscape 7 instead of having switched to Mozilla. However, there is a glimpse of hope for them: according to Mozillazine, newly released Netscape 7.01 now comes with a "sophisticated pop-up blocker".
OTHER BLOGS I READ
Perhaps I posted this before, but Hypergene Media Blog is too good to miss.
AND FINALLY IN SERIOUS NEWS
Luserland Winerlog - "Respect mah authoritaaay!"
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