In the past week, we've seen a rash of survey reports and analysts' predictions on the online Christmas shopping season. The US Navy is making waves with its attempts to connect to the Web from beneath the sea. Spanish web users stay online for longer Spanish Internet users are the most active in Europe, according to the latest figures from NetValue. Drop-down menus are often more trouble than they are worth and can be confusing because Web designers use them for several different purposes. Also, scrolling menus reduce usability when they prevent users from seeing all their options in a single glance.
Usability tests are of particular use.
Every ballot in America was probably confusing. And probably has been for a long time, it's just this election was so close it called attention to the situation. Perhaps now they'll pay professional designers to design the dang things. And better yet, perhaps they will TEST those ballots wiht a range of typical voters. Just gotta mention Dynagirl is running a contest to design a better ballot.