Website of the Month May 2008 Travelbug

May 21st, 2008 Kath Posted in Sector Websites, Navigation, Readability, Website of the Month, Layout No Comments »

Being easy to navigate always earns my applause. Travelbug floats my boat when it comes to homepage navigation.  The two big needs of accommodation directories are satisfied immediately: location and availability.

The designers show they know about usability. Should do, Travelbug is the new venture into accommodation directory business from the folks at TradeMe.

I was so happy when I first laid eyes on that beautiful map of New Zealand smack dab in the middle of the homepage.   Read the rest of this entry »

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Oh Show Me the Way to Go Home

September 6th, 2007 Kath Posted in Navigation, Usability No Comments »

 Home Sweet Home

Lots of songs are written about getting Home. Many way before the www became our common Home.

All Web users experience the meaning of Bob Dylan’s line “Stuck in Mobile with the Memphis blues again“.  Stuck somewhere you can’t get out of …all you want is to find the way Home.

Studies tell us about frustrated website users –still after all these years of complaining… Read the rest of this entry »

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