Category Archives: user experience

On why I think passwords suck

By Joshua Lay | Published: February 27, 2011

Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about passwords. Quite simply they suck. If our goal is to create a good user experience. The notion of a password to remember is questioning the users ability already. I challenge you to tell me if you’ve managed never to use a “forgot my password” feature. Without the aid [...]

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The Times They Are a-Changin’

By Joshua Lay | Published: June 8, 2010

Bob Dylan was onto something with The Times They Are a-Changin’. Things are always going to change. You can’t prevent it; we as a society will move on to a new way of living each generation (you don’t dress like your parents do you?). I believe this applies to web, except a generation is around [...]

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The Passive Browser

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 27, 2010

Have you ever had the thought someone else will do it? This is something I mutter about on occasions. It’s called the Bystander effect a common psychological behaviour of humans. i.e. you The bystander effect is a social psychological phenomenon that refers to cases where individuals do not offer help in an emergency situation when [...]

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Don’t review your own work

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 26, 2010

Perhaps it’s a little bold of a statement to make but I’d like to stand by it. How often do you get caught out with the work you do? When designing flaws are hard to pick up because of the time and emotions invested in your work. I’m not saying that it’s not possible to [...]

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Is a mobile site version better?

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 23, 2010

I have a mobile phone, it has a browser. A good majority of the pages I visit will take me to their mobile version. What’s so good about a mobile version of a site? Intent. With the limited scope most mobile sites have the better they target why a user want to come and use [...]

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Designing personality

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 18, 2010

Why do people like to talk to each other? Why are you friends with who you are? I’m sure there’s a lot of answers for those questions that may not match my idea’s. But then it wouldn’t be my post would it. It’s about engaging When you chat to your friend, you’re being engaged with [...]

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Website Navigation

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 16, 2010

Where am I? At the core, it’s the most basic question users of your site will have ticking away in the back of their minds. Why? A website is an information journey; you click to choose a pathway. The journey starts at home All roads lead to Rome @Jean de la Fontaine Sure I’ve chopped [...]

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