Experience Design

For this post the examples are focussed on web design however the points remain true with many other forms of design.
For those unfamiliar with the term white space, here is what Wikipedia have to say about it:
“White space or whitespace refers to the blank (white) area between written characters or graphic regions.” – Wikipedia
This is a [...]

Following on from the first in the series ‘Usability best practice’ which focused on the use of Tabs as navigation I am continuing with another form of navigation system. This blog focuses on mega drop-down menus and their main features and how they have improved standard drop-down menus.

The mega drop-down menu is a new [...]

For years web designers have had to deal with compatibility issues across multiple browsers and for just as many years have had to accept content being displayed in slightly different ways. This is unlikely to change soon but the differences are becoming fewer and fewer. To make the most of this you need to choose [...]

One of the biggest misunderstandings most people have when talking about the mobile web, is that they usually assume that it refers to the web when viewed through a smart-phone device, such as an iPhone. But this is not the case. In fact just because a website looks good on an iPhone, does not necessarily [...]

Using tabs as a navigation device has long been an established metaphor and is widely accepted as a user-friendly way to display top-level navigation (primary). But this wasn’t tabs original use they were used to show alternative views of the same group of information known as ‘module’ tabs.
Somewhere along the line it evolved into ‘primary’ [...]

Do you still think “above the fold” or think that multiple pages are better for SEO?
Here I outline how 2009 has seen the thankful demise of a few web design trends or myths:
Frames
Thanks mainly to W3C accessibility guidelines, the usage of frames has rapidly declined over the years. In fact usability best practices don’t [...]

Why are we talking about related posts?
To try and improve the effectiveness of the Tamar blog, it was thought important to draw more attention to the related posts to reduce bounce rate.
The best option seemed to be to take the related posts from being just a list and make it larger and more visual. Sometimes [...]

I am over the moon that last night we were named Agency of the Year by the Financial Services Forum at the spectacular Guildhall in London. It was a nail-biting effort by Team Tamar to get there involving a flat tyre, a motorbike rescue dash and a pair of black-tie suit trousers being rescued from [...]

Whenever a great idea for design pops into your head, the chances are you’ve been inspired by something you have seen or heard. This is how design trends are formed – an imitation with a twist, taking the best elements of design A, a dash of design B and adding in your own creative mix.
What [...]

Sending out bulk emails can be a daunting task at the best of times, especially if you want to track who is opening them, which links they are clicking on and even whether the email has actually been delivered or not.
An Australian software company based in Sydney have the solution and have been providing Campaign [...]