Using PDF’s as Website content—is it ever OK?
After all of these years in meetings with Web teams, I still get that occasional heroic soul who braves the dirty looks from the content management corner and poses the plaintive question: “I just wanted to get your opinion. Is it ok to use PDF documents in place of content on our W...
Continue Reading →Microsoft.com takes another whack at a new home page. Is it more than just a pretty new face?
Before the ink even dried on my musings about Microsoft.com’s revolving home page, the team turned around and previewed a shiny new home page. Believe it or not, I’m actually giddy to report that this home page actually improves on the few good things the old page provided —...
Continue Reading →What we can all learn from Microsoft.com’s fat footers
First, I have to be honest. I’ve never been a big fan of the Microsoft.com site. From the outside in, this site has always felt like it’s operated by tribes of warring stakeholders who don’t give a fig about what the others are doing. The net result is littered all over the ...
Continue Reading →Eenie, meanie, miny moe: where on Symantec.com should you go?
In case you missed it, the Symantec.com team has launched an interesting refresh. Think of it as a new top layer over what is essentially three totally different Symantec microsites that march to the tune of their own drummers: Norton.com (one of our perennial favorites that always ...
Continue Reading →Don’t Miss/Don’t Bother | The New Intel.com
This week, we took the new Intel.com site for a spin. Let’s just say there’s more (and less) to this site than meets the eye. Kenna Dian: Don’t Bother Intel.com’s latest redesign is like buying an exotic car. It is visually striking, can be fun to drive, and has more b...
Continue Reading →Visions of IBM.com’s grand redesign emerge
June 28, 2011
best practice, cisco.com, Design, ibm.com, microsoft.com, Navigation, sap.com, Usability, website design
Recently Marty Gruhn and I put IBM.com’s new mega-menu under the microscope and the results were…well…less than stellar. But a couple accidental slips of my cursor exposed some other new designs and approaches that are well worth taking a spin around the IBM.com site. With some...
Continue Reading →Don’t Miss/Don’t Bother | IBM.com’s Mega-menu Launch
June 08, 2011
cisco.com, Design, ibm.com, juniper.net, mega-menu, Navigation, Usability, website designIn this Don’t Miss/Don’t Bother we take IBM.com’s new mega-menu for a spin (or two). IBM.com has launched revised home and solutions pages that feature the next major piece in its evolution: a new take on mega-menus. Not surprisingly, IBM.com has put its own spin on what is fast...
Continue Reading →Cisco.com’s Support mega-menu raises the bar—again
How Cisco.com’s mega-menu merges form with function to deliver a best practice experience When Cisco.com launched its mega-menu last year it set the best practice bar—and it was high. The mega-menu provided greater access into a large (and sometimes unwieldy) site. Its design was ...
Continue Reading →SAP.com’s home page re-design re-defines Website architecture
May 10, 2011
architecture, best practice, Design, home page, launch, launches, Navigation, sap.com, Usability
Think you know how to design the perfect home page? Engineer the most efficient Website architecture? Think again. Because SAP.com has changed all the rules of the game. What would you think if someone told you they could eliminate the first 3 layers of your site? The blizzard of land...
Continue Reading →siteIQ Case Study | Tips & Traps | The risk of implied navigation
Website teams are doing everything they can to simplify their navigation to align to the new “less is more” design trend. More white space, less content, fewer navigational options. But in the pursuit of the ultimate minimalist design, many sites are resorting to implied navigatio...
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