Comments on: UPA Boston offers Page Titles and “You are Here” best practices from Steve Krug

By: Jim Spencer

Jim Spencer — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:10:11 +0000

@Dave you are quite welcome. Thanks for stopping by.

@Chris Consistency is key in good design. Good points.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:06:46 +0000

Steve Krug’s book has been sitting on my desk for over a month now, begging me to read it. Perhaps this is the push I need to actually devote the time.

These notes seem obvious, but I know the ideas it presents certainly aren’t being used regularly – I know I am guilty of skipping them every once in a while.

I like breadcrumbs for sites with 2 or more sub levels, but anything less seems overkill. I especially like the way Digg handles subnavs below main navs, instead of only displaying subnavs on rollover.

Great article! Dugg!

By: Dave Gilman

Dave Gilman — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:41:23 +0000

This was my first meeting with the UPA Boston, and Jim did a fantastic job capturing all the great points that Steve made during his presentation. After reading this posting I felt like I was back at the presentation. Thank you Jim.

By: Jim Spencer

Jim Spencer — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:15:49 +0000

John thanks for stopping by and commenting. Yeah, we just have to be careful to not be too subtle and we have to keep the focus on clarity a little more than consistency in some cases. Steve made a lot of sense on these points.

By: John Bergdoll

John Bergdoll — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:11:57 +0000

Thanks for the excellent pointers on the subtlety of website usability.

Subtlety works for both print and web…just in different ways.