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July 19, 2011

Design and Usability: Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” Page is Broken

by Alastair Halliday

Netflix isn’t just suffering from slamming us with a higher tiered pricing structure, their recent redesign of their “Watch Instantly” page fails some pretty basic design and usability standards. in this episode I quickly walk through some specific issues and offer up some practical advice to make the site a better overall user experience. If you’d like to subscribe to this iPhone/Video iPod compatible podcast you can do so at iTunes.

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May 13, 2010

Design and Usability: Basic Photo Enhancement

by Alastair Halliday

In this episode I show you how to do very basic photo enhancements. While I’m using Photoshop in the screen-cast, the different methods I use are available in almost any photo editing software. If you’d like to subscribe to this iPhone/Video iPod compatible podcast you can do so at iTunes.

July 24, 2009

Design and Usability: Pantone.com, Chaotic Site Structure

by Alastair Halliday

In this episode I continue to talk about the many great failures of the site Pantone.com. I show the benefits of the wireframing process and the downfalls of not investing time in site structure and information architecture. If you’d like to subscribe to this iPhone/Video iPod compatible podcast you can do so at iTunes.

July 10, 2009

Design and Usability: Pantone.com, Inconsistent Navigation Language

by Alastair Halliday

In this episode I continue to talk about the many great failures of the site Pantone.com. I point out the confusion caused by and inconsistencies in the visual language of their navigation. If you’d like to subscribe to this iPhone/Video iPod compatible podcast you can do so at iTunes.

July 9, 2009

Design and Usability: Pantone.com, Failure to Acknowledge a Potential Customer

by Alastair Halliday

In this episode I start a series where I talk about the many great failures of the site Pantone.com. I start by pointing out Pantone.com’s failure to acknowledge a potential customer and losing out on the opportunity to create a broader base for sales. If you’d like to subscribe to this iPhone/Video iPod compatible podcast you can do so at iTunes.

June 8, 2009

Design and Usability: Good Image Navigation

by Alastair Halliday

In this episode I show and talk about GOOD examples of image navigation online. If you’d like to subscribe to this iPhone/Video iPod compatible podcast you can do so at iTunes.

April 21, 2009

Design and Usability: Poor Image Navigation 3: Moving Navigation

by Alastair Halliday

In this episode I show and talk about a bad example of image navigation online - the moving navigation example. If you’d like to subscribe to this iPhone/Video iPod compatible podcast you can do so at iTunes.

April 11, 2009

Design and Usability: Poor Image Navigation 2: Hidden Nav

by Alastair Halliday

In this episode I show and talk about a bad example of image navigation online - the hidden navigation example. If you’d like to subscribe to this iPhone/Video iPod compatible podcast you can do so at iTunes.

April 7, 2009

Design and Usability: Poor Image Navigation 1

by Alastair Halliday

In this episode I show and talk about a bad example of image navigation online - the slideshow example. If you’d like to subscribe to this iPhone/Video iPod compatible podcast you can do so at iTunes.

April 3, 2009

Slim Kiwi’s Podcast on Design and Usability

by Alastair Halliday

Some things are better shown than written about. We've started a video podcast for that reason. I'll be walking through different basic concepts in design and usability in my ultimate goal to rid the world of bad design and make basic tasks simpler for the end user.

Slim Kiwi design and usability podcast

You can find the podcast via Apple iTunes with this link, or you can link directly to the feed by copying and pasting this url into your preferred feed reader. We will also integrate the videos into our blog once we find a movie wrapper that is acceptable to us for showing the details necessary of an online screencast. The podcast looks great on your computer, but is also optimized for your iPhone or video-enabled iPod. If there are concepts, questions, or even sites that you'd like reviewed in a future episode you are welcome to shoot them over to me (Alastair) at "podcast at SlimKiwi.com".



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