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<title>Design Float / ciaoalexisb / Floated Entries</title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com</link>
<description>Design Float is a Digg style news website focused around the design community.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Using Sound on the Web]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/UserExperience/using-sound-on-the-web/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/UserExperience/using-sound-on-the-web/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>User Experience</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/UserExperience/using-sound-on-the-web/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Using sound on an application is a very complicated issue. The big problem using sounds, designing websites with them, is that they are difficult to keep private. Everybody knows that unpleasant situation of sound unexpetedely playing while reading something online at the office...<br/><br/>1 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The iPhone Experience in Numbers]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/UserExperience/the-iphone-experience-in-numbers/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/UserExperience/the-iphone-experience-in-numbers/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>User Experience</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/UserExperience/the-iphone-experience-in-numbers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Everybody loves the iPhone. I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that this device is the beginning of a huge mobile information revolution. Others, including Apple it self, tried before to make the mobile experience nice, but this is the first device allowing us to make so many things in such a short time.<br/><br/>4 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Showing Beer Consumption with IBMa4s Many Eyes]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/showing-beer-consumption-with-ibmrsquos-many-eyes/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/showing-beer-consumption-with-ibmrsquos-many-eyes/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/showing-beer-consumption-with-ibmrsquos-many-eyes/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Infographics are a way to represent information. They should be easy and quick to understand as they usually allow the reader to compare date and see details that, before, were hidden.<br/><br/>3 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Designing Information Dashboards]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/designing-information-dashboards/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/designing-information-dashboards/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/designing-information-dashboards/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Information Dashboards could be defined as the interface for information systems, for example, displaying quality control measurments and the result of procesess. Here I am talking about the dashboards displayed on computer monitors, but keep in mind that dashboards could also be mechanical.<br/><br/>2 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Expensive vs Cheap Sketches: Video Examples]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/InteractiveDesign/expensive-vs-cheap-sketches-video-examples/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/InteractiveDesign/expensive-vs-cheap-sketches-video-examples/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Interactive Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/InteractiveDesign/expensive-vs-cheap-sketches-video-examples/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sketches are important to test and to show new ideas. As Bill Buxton says on his book, Sketching User Interfaces, it is more important to be able to sketch fast as doing it in a flawless and expensive way.<br/><br/>2 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Problem That Happens, a Solution Designed]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/UserExperience/a-problem-that-happens-a-solution-designed/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/UserExperience/a-problem-that-happens-a-solution-designed/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>User Experience</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/UserExperience/a-problem-that-happens-a-solution-designed/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Accidents are gonna always happen, you can prevent them but nothing is going to stop them happening. Users loosing passwords, usernames, invoices with wrong prices, etcetera, etceteraa4<br/><br/>2 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A View on Cell Phone Design and Usability]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/InteractiveDesign/a-view-on-cell-phone-design-and-usability/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/InteractiveDesign/a-view-on-cell-phone-design-and-usability/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Interactive Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/InteractiveDesign/a-view-on-cell-phone-design-and-usability/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Some of the phones I tried at the shop made me think that some companies just put all the features possible into the smallest device possible without any usability test.<br/><br/>3 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Caring About Users Sell: The Bjrk Case]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/caring-about-users-sell-the-bj?rk-case/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/caring-about-users-sell-the-bj?rk-case/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/caring-about-users-sell-the-bj?rk-case/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Designing a newsletter that is &quot;usable&quot; is not an easy task but benefits could be huge: more visits and sales could be reached through good newsletter usability and marketing. Let me show you the iTunes Store &quot;alert me&quot; newsletter example...<br/><br/>2 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How a Change on Design Improves Usability and Visits]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/how-a-change-on-design-improves-usability-and-visits/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/how-a-change-on-design-improves-usability-and-visits/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/how-a-change-on-design-improves-usability-and-visits/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A small change could improve a website usability a lot. Sometimes, that could also drive a lot a traffic to it. I have a clear example about that. These are the Design vs Art Blog feed subscription stats...<br/><br/>3 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Firefox 3: Why Tabs Are Upside Down?]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/firefox-3-why-tabs-are-upside-down/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/firefox-3-why-tabs-are-upside-down/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/firefox-3-why-tabs-are-upside-down/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Installing the new Firefox 3 was an easy task. The browser seems to work, on a Mac, better than the previous version. Although that, Firefox still has some usability issues. I don't want to make a complete review but I would like to highlight the first issue I noticed: using the default skin, the tabs are upside down and not linked to the page they refer.<br/><br/>3 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Designs on Public Transportation Directions]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/designs-on-public-transportation-directions/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/designs-on-public-transportation-directions/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/designs-on-public-transportation-directions/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google public transportation directions is a great tool. With it you can easily know how to get to an specific place using the best combination of buses, trains and other kinds of public transportation. This could be a great success in Europe, where people are used to go everywhere by public transportation.<br/><br/>2 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Guide to Perfect Pagination]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/a-guide-to-perfect-pagination/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/a-guide-to-perfect-pagination/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/a-guide-to-perfect-pagination/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Pagination is a way to organize information into several web pages, it simply consists in dividing information into numbered pages. This technique comes from the system that has been used to organize information in books since the 16th century.<br/><br/>2 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How To Let Users Unsubscribe]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/how-to-let-users-unsubscribe/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/how-to-let-users-unsubscribe/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 13:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/how-to-let-users-unsubscribe/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Every single website want its newsletter flying to potential users' mailboxes. Of course, they are a great marketing tool if they are well designed and if they behave properly. But websites should be careful and keep in mind that newsletters could make those users angry, specially if the content is not interesting to the them. In that case, make it easy to unsubscribe.<br/><br/>2 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Importance of Favicons]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/the-importance-of-favicons/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/the-importance-of-favicons/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 12:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/the-importance-of-favicons/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A favicon is an icon associated to a website or web page, it is also called website icon or page icon. There are several ways to implement it but the most traditional one is placing a favicon.ico image file. This image is going to be displayed in the web browser tool bar and bookmarks.<br/><br/>7 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Designing White Spaces, A Usability Issue]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/designing-white-spaces-a-usability-issue/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/designing-white-spaces-a-usability-issue/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 12:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/designing-white-spaces-a-usability-issue/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[White (or blank) spaces are a good thing, at least in web design. As the web becomes more and more faster designers and programmers tend to place more features. At the end of the 90s we saw colors, pictures and sound in an excessive way. Unfortunately many  web designers didn't learn the lesson: sometimes, maybe usually, more is less.<br/><br/>1 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Improvements on Wordpress 2.5, nice details!]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/improvements-on-wordpress-2-5-nice-details/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/improvements-on-wordpress-2-5-nice-details/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/improvements-on-wordpress-2-5-nice-details/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Wordpress is a greet blog tool that I have been using for some time. The new version 2.5 has some improvements, specially on design.<br/><br/>1 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Logo Tag Line Collection]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/logo-tag-line-collection/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/logo-tag-line-collection/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/logo-tag-line-collection/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[To continue the last article &quot;The Benefits of Mixing Branding and Usability in a Design&quot; I would like to present 10 website logos with tag lines that talk about the aim of those sites. Tag lines tell what a website is about, explaining in a few words what is the brand for and improve usability as help users understand the service being offered.<br/><br/>1 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Benefits of Mixing Branding and Usability in a Design]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/UserExperience/the-benefits-of-mixing-branding-and-usability-in-a-design/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/UserExperience/the-benefits-of-mixing-branding-and-usability-in-a-design/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>User Experience</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/UserExperience/the-benefits-of-mixing-branding-and-usability-in-a-design/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Making a website memorable is not an easy task, competitors are everywhere and everybody wants users to remember their brand. That's the most logical reason why every website would need a brand with its proper logo. But that's not the only reason.<br/><br/>6 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Your Website Will Look on the iPhone and iPod Touch]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/how-your-website-will-look-on-the-iphone-and-ipod-touch/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/how-your-website-will-look-on-the-iphone-and-ipod-touch/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>CSS &amp; Web Standards</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/how-your-website-will-look-on-the-iphone-and-ipod-touch/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is a great post about the mobile internet and how your website will look on it. It also gives some great tips on how to prepare for the future with your website.<br/><br/>2 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Should A Website Design Show Its Precious Algorithm?]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/should-a-website-design-show-its-precious-algorithm/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/should-a-website-design-show-its-precious-algorithm/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/should-a-website-design-show-its-precious-algorithm/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[One of the great things about web2.0 is the use of social power to create product recommendations. For example, Amazon.com recommends books from similar authors and Last.fm recommends similar artists.<br/><br/>2 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The CSS-Only Accordion Effect]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/the-css-only-accordion-effect/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/the-css-only-accordion-effect/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>CSS &amp; Web Standards</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/the-css-only-accordion-effect/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Accordion Effect is fast becoming one of the most commonly used (and perhaps abused?) effects of the Web 2.0 world. So what makes this accordion effect special? It doesn't require a single line of JavaScript.<br/><br/>11 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Just Undo It: Designing To Recover From Mistakes]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/just-undo-it-designing-to-recover-from-mistakes/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/just-undo-it-designing-to-recover-from-mistakes/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/just-undo-it-designing-to-recover-from-mistakes/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ohn Maeda's book The Laws of Simplicity gives an explanation about what simplicity means and how it could be applied. He doesn't write much about the web, he develops the subject in a more general way; simplicity in the every day life, I would say. He promotes the 10 laws of simplicity: Reduce, Organize, Time, Learn, Differences, Context, Emotion, Trust, Failure and The One.<br/><br/>1 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Search Box Design, Things To Keep In Mind]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/search-box-design-things-to-keep-in-mind/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/search-box-design-things-to-keep-in-mind/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/search-box-design-things-to-keep-in-mind/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Search boxes are very important elements in the web: if customers can not find what they are looking for they will not be able to buy it. Reality is as simple as that.<br/><br/>1 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Designing Login Boxes, 6 Examples Of Good And Bad Design]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/designing-login-boxes-6-examples-of-good-and-bad-design-1/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/designing-login-boxes-6-examples-of-good-and-bad-design-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/designing-login-boxes-6-examples-of-good-and-bad-design-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A login box should be simple, easy to use and should make users' life easier.  It's not that simple to achieve that, believe me. Not only the login box functionality and design are important but also the environment: avoid distractions and those users will log in.<br/><br/>2 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Analytics Benchmarking: Information Party]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/google-analytics-benchmarking-information-party/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/google-analytics-benchmarking-information-party/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/google-analytics-benchmarking-information-party/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Finally Google Analytics Benchmarking was activated on my account. Some days ago I got an email about it but the feature was not immediatly activated. I was not sure what that could bea4 now Ia4a4m a little bit impress.<br/><br/>6 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simplicity On The Web: Disgning To Hide Features]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/simplicity-on-the-web-disgning-to-hide-features/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/simplicity-on-the-web-disgning-to-hide-features/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/simplicity-on-the-web-disgning-to-hide-features/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Making websites easy to use is something desired and appreciated by users. No wonder why. Computers are becoming more and more powerful but humans not...<br/><br/>3 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Another Nokia Flop: The New Music Store]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/another-nokia-flop-the-new-music-store/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/another-nokia-flop-the-new-music-store/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/another-nokia-flop-the-new-music-store/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I got excited when I received an email from Nokia announcing the new Nokia Music Store. OK, I didna4a4t get excited at all, Nokia has been sending me promises of good service for a long time. Without success...<br/><br/>2 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Careless Design From Google and Apple?]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/careless-design-from-google-and-apple/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/careless-design-from-google-and-apple/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/careless-design-from-google-and-apple/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Today two of my favorite companies decided to tell me how little they care about me and other customers. In my opinion, not bothering users with useless information is highly related to the general design of a website and usability...<br/><br/>1 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Designing a Checkout Process: 8 Rules, 7 Examples]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/designing-a-checkout-process-8-rules-7-examples/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/designing-a-checkout-process-8-rules-7-examples/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/designing-a-checkout-process-8-rules-7-examples/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Users usually need to be guided in order to finish a task. Designing a process funnel right will keep your visitors in the process and will make them finish the task they want to commit. This tasks could be as important as the Checkout Process, I will focus on this particular one.<br/><br/>3 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Design Examples To Organize Data Alphabetically]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/5-design-examples-to-organize-data-alphabetically/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/5-design-examples-to-organize-data-alphabetically/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/5-design-examples-to-organize-data-alphabetically/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Organizing data alphabetically might not be the most common way to get data together but it could be a good solution for particular web designs. In which cases organizing and browsing data alphabetically could be an interesting option?<br/><br/>1 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[8 Tips For Better Link Design]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/UserExperience/8-tips-for-better-link-design/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/UserExperience/8-tips-for-better-link-design/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>User Experience</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/UserExperience/8-tips-for-better-link-design/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Links are the most common thing on the internet, thata4a4s what the whole web is about. Although we use them every single day there are a lot of implementation techniques to keep in mind to improve usability.<br/><br/>12 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Floating Windows Use Examples]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/floating-windows-use-examples/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/floating-windows-use-examples/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/floating-windows-use-examples/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Floating Windows are used to show user additional information while keeping her in the same web browser window. Why should a website design use floating windows?<br/><br/>4 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Browser War and the Microsoft Arrogance]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/the-browser-war-and-the-microsoft-arrogance/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/the-browser-war-and-the-microsoft-arrogance/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/the-browser-war-and-the-microsoft-arrogance/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[OK, somebody does not understand how the internet works. This is not new, but Microsoft is digging his own grave (well, I hope). It makes me so angry to see things like this...<br/><br/>1 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Accessibility Quick Tip 3: Text Equivalents for Multimedia]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/accessibility-quick-tip-3-text-equivalents-for-multimedia/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/accessibility-quick-tip-3-text-equivalents-for-multimedia/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/accessibility-quick-tip-3-text-equivalents-for-multimedia/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If possible, a text equivalent should be provided for all visual information in a website, like video, music and interactive graphics. There are several reasons why a description text should be included in a website design.<br/><br/>2 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Interactive Explaining, Great Value For Users]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/interactive-explaining-great-value-for-users/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/interactive-explaining-great-value-for-users/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/interactive-explaining-great-value-for-users/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Explaining something through graphics is a great thing that could help users, but you can improve that even more if you make that interactive. We all learn in an interactive way through life, so why dona4a4t we do that on the web?<br/><br/>1 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Designing a Checkout Process, 4 Examples]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/designing-a-checkout-process-4-examples/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/designing-a-checkout-process-4-examples/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/designing-a-checkout-process-4-examples/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Designing a good checkout process is worth, if it is not easy customers might get confuse and leave without buying anything. This is dangerous. Some key points for a good checkout process design.<br/><br/>2 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Internationalization Improves Usability And Brings Visits]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/internationalization-improves-usability-and-brings-visits/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/internationalization-improves-usability-and-brings-visits/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/internationalization-improves-usability-and-brings-visits/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Internationalization is part of a website`s usability. It means not only to make a website available in other languages but also to provide local content and support for local currency, measures and other settings.<br/><br/>2 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Accessibility Quick Tip No. 1: Alternative Text]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/accessibility-quick-tip-no-1-alternative-text/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/accessibility-quick-tip-no-1-alternative-text/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/accessibility-quick-tip-no-1-alternative-text/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Last Monday I wrote an article about the Quick Tips to Make Accessible Web Sites of the Web Accessibility Initiative of the W3C. Ia4a4ve promised to go through the quick tips, here is the first article.<br/><br/>1 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Action Button Designs, One Bad Example, Five Good Ones]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/action-button-designs-one-bad-example-five-good-ones/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/action-button-designs-one-bad-example-five-good-ones/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/action-button-designs-one-bad-example-five-good-ones/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Action buttons are a way to represent the beginning of an action. There are HTML buttons and image buttons. It is very important that image action buttons look like buttons, with some 3D effect.<br/><br/>1 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Making Clear Error Messages]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/making-clear-error-messages/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/making-clear-error-messages/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/making-clear-error-messages/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Explaining errors is one of the basic concepts in usability for the web. It is as simple and obvious as telling the user what was wrong and how to solve that problem.<br/><br/>2 Floats ]]></description>
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