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I admit it: I’m Google fan. One really big reason is Google Maps, which rewrote the book on mapping (although ironically it’s now falling a little behind competitors on the feature front). Similarly Google Finance demonstrates how to combine DHTML and fabulous interface design to create a very powerful yet easy-to-use visualization and analysis tool. [...]

Usability guru Jakob Nielsen recently summarized common website mistakes that result in lost business, both online and offline. These include: Aggressive home page promotions that annoy users and diminish trust. Lack of consistent design and navigation throughout the site. Poor information presentation/navigation and lack of good search. Over-emphasis on being new and different at the [...]

The following Firefox extensions are incredibly useful for all kinds of web-related work: ColorZilla – Investigate and copy colors, check coordinates, and zoom. Googlebar – Search various Google properties, within a domain, examine the cache, and more. Greasemonkey – Customize other people’s websites with ready-made or custom plugins. SessionSaver – Save tab sets and histories [...]