Anders Jacobsen's Blog... because the Internet changes your life!Internal (and external) mailing list usability- (Found July 23, 2008 ) ''...provide an easy way to unsubscribe and explain how in the footer of every single email message...''http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2003/05/20/internal_and_external_mailing_list_... Wired goes Accessible AND Usable- (Found July 23, 2008 ) When discussing usability and accessibility with clients, I've encountered the following argument many times: ''Why should we do it if noone else does it''. Now there is another credential.http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2002/10/11/wired_goes_accessible_and_usable.ht... GSM woes 2: SMS network incompatiblities- (Found July 23, 2008 ) I've nagged previously about GSM roaming woes. Another GSM woe is incompatible SMS networks. I just hate to discover that the text messages I have sent from my new mobile to friends in Norway and France haven't been delivered.http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2002/11/08/gsm_woes_2_sms_network_incompatibli... Simplified usability-testing- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Big business meets open development in Uzilla - a Mozilla-based, commercial product for usability testing.http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2002/12/10/simplified_usabilitytesting.html Wearable Computers (Thesis publication)- (Found July 23, 2008 ) During the autumn of 1999 and the winter of 2000 I wrote my thesis to complete my M.Sc. studies. I was fortunate enough to get to work with a subject that still remains reasonably bleeding-edge; wearable computers. Today, I publish my thesis in PDF format.http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2002/12/10/wearable_computers_thesis_publicati... IE Keyboard shortcut- (Found July 23, 2008 ) When using the Internet Explorer browser, you obviously need to type in Web addresses. You can avoid most of the typing for many sites by just typing in a word, then Control-Enterhttp://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2003/02/04/ie_keyboard_shortcut.html Voicemail usability- (Found July 23, 2008 ) I have so many voicemailbox interfaces to interact with that I'm fed up. Someone get me the ''Wildfire'' interface please!http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2003/02/25/voicemail_usability.html Location-aware mobile services: Zingo Taxis- (Found July 23, 2008 ) London is really impressingly far ahead on location-aware mobile services. New these days is taxi-hailing via mobile phone, connecting you directly to the nearest available driver for you to agree on a pickup point. Cool!http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2003/03/19/locationaware_mobile_services_zingo... Internationalizing web stores- (Found July 23, 2008 ) I'm now looking for US-based web-shops that will ship internationally. The result is very depressing and to me it explaing why shops like amazon.com are madly successful while mediocre dealers can't compare:http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2003/05/07/internationalizing_web_stores.html Usabilityzilla- (Found July 23, 2008 ) There is an incredibly comprehensive collection of usabilityaccessibility studies and information available from Wichita State University's Software Usability Research Lab.http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2002/10/04/usabilityzilla.html |