World Usability Day was created to help everyone know more about the ways to help create a better user experience of our world.

World Usability Day

I wonder how well this will go down and better still, if it will really help ‘create a better user experience of our world’. Only time will tell.

For all the WordPress users out there, I’ve created a new theme that’s available for download here.

I decided to call it Lonely Road based on the image in the header. I’m sure a more appropriate named could have been chosen, but hey.

To use it on your site, download the zip file, unzip it and upload the lonelyroad folder to the wp-content/themes/ folder. Then go to your admin control panel > presentation > and click the ‘activate theme’ button for the theme.

It has been tested on IE 6, FF 1.0.7, Opera 8 and NS 8, but not Safari as I don’t have a Mac.

Although the theme is free, I do ask that you keep the link to this site in the footer.

Read Jakob Nielsen’s report on the Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2005.

1. Legibility Problems
2. Non-Standard Links
3. Flash
4. Content That’s Not Written for the Web
5. Bad Search
6. Browser Incompatibility
7. Cumbersome Forms
8. No Contact Information or Other Company Info
9. Frozen Layouts with Fixed Page Widths
10. Inadequate Photo Enlargement

How many does your site fall short on?

After weeks of planning, designing and tweaking, I’m delighted to announce the new Top Hosting Deals design is finally up and running.

Visit site.

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