On 10/4/05, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Perhaps it'd make sense to mention what website usability issues that > > bug these users, rather than going by your gut feeling - atleast Jakob > > asked his subscribers. It'd be interesting to note how many people you > > asked about it before coming to the conclusion that he was wrong. > > Sounds like a challenge. I should start a poll of my own, then. :)
Sorry if I sounded like an ass - but seriously, I do think Jakob's got a few good points in his article. > My conclusion was based on the fact that in all the Usability Tests I have > conducted so far I have hardly ever heard anybody mention "fixed font sizes" > as their #1 mistake for a website. In fact, the only time I ever heard it > mention was during accessibility tests with visually disabled users. Other > than that users might mention font-size at some point, but according to my > observations people focus on much more obvious things. Interesting observation. I'm on a rather big resolution here, and even with quite ok eyesight, I need to enlarge the text size to keep from going blind. And at the uni, I often come across browser windows that have font size increased, especially on small monitors. It may not be the most bugging issue, but it does bug nonetheless. > Shocking design, unclear labelling of sections, inconsistent navigation and > (as Katrina mentioned in an earlier post) unwanted popups would be amongst > them. You got that dead right :o) cheers, Prabhath http://nidahas.com ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
