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Should I use on hover behavior?

Yes, you should! Why not? After all, you could really enhance your user interface. However, using such a behavior could also tear apart user experiences, especially if your visitors are using mobile...

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The change is here. Hover events come to mobile devices

I think that everyone knows that awesome YouTube movie about technology and how things that we learn today will become obsolete in 6 months or maximum 1 year. Well, when I published the hover behavior...

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Buttons and usability

The other day I was talking to a friend about destructive actions in web forms, web apps, or any kind of apps for that matter. With any destructive action such as cancel, exit or delete comes great...

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Get rid of unused elements in your designs

Just in case you didn't realize, a couple of days ago I have removed the unused header here on Web International Awards. When the blog got redesigned last year in March, that header was planned to...

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Enhancing UI with scrolling events – good or bad?

Scrolling wheels are usually used to navigate up and down or left to right on a page that is larger than the default viewport of the browser. However, by using JavaScript one can enhance the user...

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Impressive web forms. From coding to validation!

Preview of the tutorial Quite some time ago I have published the first part of this series. Today I'll tackle coding a good webform, styling it, client-side and server-side validating. The first part...

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Never deceive your visitors! based on a true story…

Just the other day I stumbled upon an unexpected ad on a television's website. The add was about IQ tests and pointed to a site where you could take one. I clicked and was taken to the website which...

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Key usability in web forms

Two of the most popular articles published here deal with web forms. The first one is around the theoretical aspects of web forms while the second one resides along the practical issues, coding and...

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Keep it simple

Whether you're developing a webapp, a website, some native software or a simple installer, keep it simple and straightforward. We barely have time for anything these days, and effective solutions that...

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Always ask the right questions in your webforms!

Before diving in into the issue, I'd like to point out this great article over Usability Post that describes a delicate issue: using verbs on labels and buttons. Applying the same idea, it's best if...

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