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This is a list of just our Before & After articles, each
of which shows a UI problem and our solution. But I find more
UI challenges than I can possibly solve, so there's only one
thing to do... get you to do the "after" versions.
See our Solve-It page.
| 2009-May-2 |
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Control Proximity Revisited,
Reemphasized
2 years since my last B&A?! (What the
hell have I been doing since then?) Apparently finding
the same UI mistakes over and over again. |
| 2007-Apr-24 |
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Bret Victor's Magic Ink Make perfect graphics and
maybe you won't need to figure out all those interaction
design brain teasers. |
| 2007-Feb-19 |
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The Primary Interface The
most basic, stripped down expectation of a user... just do
it. |
| 2006-Jun-31 |
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Before... just before, no after! A web interface that can be used in web design classes as the starting point for an exercise on the elements of visual design. |
| 2006-Mar-11 |
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Your web front door: let people in immediately. |
| 2005-Feb-12 |
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The
Triumvirate of Home Page Design: Try to build a
bad website that includes these three ingredients.
You just can't do it. |
| 2005-Jan-24 |
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Bellis's
Law of Control Proximity
What can light switches tell us about software design? Put controls, even text,
as close as possible to the item they control. |
| 2005-Jan-1 |
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Improving Linksys' Security Dialogs
Or, "How to Save Linksys $25 Million in Support
Costs and Save the World Along the Way" |
| 2003-May-16 |
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Before&After
of TravelRack.com
Which is better for instructions, a few paragraphs of prose or a bullet list? |
| 2002-Nov-16 |
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Redesign of the MCLinc.org
Library Web Site
This was no silk-purse-from-sow's-ear turnaround, just applying
some web basics and improving the words to clarify "keyword'
vs. "browse." |
| 2002-Feb-01 |
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Best Dialog Ever?
You might be surprised. Can you guess what the "before"
is? |
| 2001-Jan |
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Scaling Mount
Everest: Redesigning Netmeeting
Try talking a non-Windows user through sound-and-video
at a distance, and you'll want to tear your hair out,
too. (I guess I'll never complete this one.) |
| 2000-Mar |
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e-Commerce Shootout
(Before & After)
Which mortgage loan web site is better? You be the judge. |
| 1999-Dec |
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Button
Wording in a Simple Message Box
Put explicit wording on buttons instead of indirectly
in the message box. |
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