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Sallie Mae Redesigns Website but Still Fails Experience

2 Dec

Sallie Mae Redesigns Website but Still Fails Experience

Sallie Mae’s last site design was really terrible. Their new design looks better, but is still horrible to use. Here are a couple examples of Sallie Mae’s horrible UX. Account Summary From this page, we are reassured that we are on “Account Summary” in no less than 4 ways. Navigation highlight Breadcrumb Page title Section Continue reading →

Smartphone Usability: Is Your Phone Number Wrong?

1 Jul

Smartphone Usability: Is Your Phone Number Wrong?

[photo: Louis Abate] I have not seen this discussed at all, but maybe I’ve just missed the posts. I have a Droid (love/hate), and it turns any phone number online into a clickable link. When you click the phone number on a web page, it puts it into the dialer of the phone. It’s a Continue reading →

Fireworks CS5 PNG issue

29 Jun

Fireworks CS5 PNG issue

[image by k4rl] I LOVE Fireworks. It is a great program, with an easy to use, fast interface, and tons of great features. Photoshop is awesome for photo and print editing, but Fireworks is the best image editing program for web stuff (interface design, icon design, etc). At work I use an iMac with OSX Continue reading →

Website Redesign: Piedmont Natural Gas – Part 1

27 Jun

Website Redesign: Piedmont Natural Gas – Part 1

Let me start by saying that Piedmont Natural Gas is only one of hundreds of big-company websites that are still terrible. I’m sure they have great intentions, but I will use their site to highlight things that are wrong with many websites in general. The current Piedmont Natural Gas Website in Firefox at 1024×768. 1. Continue reading →