The Tried and True Laws of UX [Infographic] Remember when your mother warned you not to run down the stairs because you could fall and hurt yourself? Or when you held your palm over a candle’s flame and started feeling the burn? The “laws of UX” are similar — they …

How the Internet Works “The biggest money is in the smallest sales.” A key reason proposed for the success of Amazon, Ebay and Netflix. An update on the 80/20 Pareto to the “98% principle,” advanced by Chris Anderson, in his book:”The Long Tail.” The opportunity cost of stocking a digital …

The Ideal Length of Everything Online, From Tweets to YouTube Videos [Infographic] Is your brand going on too long? Brands generally understand the most engaging lengths for billboard headlines, print copy and TV spots. But what about tweets, Facebook posts and online videos? The infographic below crunches some data to …

Timeline Of Usability [Infographic] MeasuringU has put together a visual timeline of the 100 year history of usability that we detailed in an earlier blog. This detailed infographic covers many of the key events, publications and people that have shaped the profession. If you’re obsessed with usability like we are, …

A group at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have found a way to speed up the Web without actually increasing the connection throughput or making fundamental code changes. It created Polaris, a framework that determines how to overlap the objects being downloaded by a page and minimize …

Now’s the time to get your landing pages, social media and paid search in order Spring is closer than we think. The forecast might still include some snow and cold temperatures, but the calendar is moving forward. Many eCommerce website owners feel that the spring market is the second best …

While color can be appealing to us visually, a lot more is going on behind the scenes than just an aesthetic. Powerful psychological cues are triggered when we view different colors. Colors evoke emotions, moods and feelings. Whether you are a designer or a consumer, knowing the power of color …