This is a newly started project as of november 2010. The event will take place in late january 2011 and the web site is fully under construction. More information will be publicized as the work progresses.

Right, so I got an email from my local grocery store since I have a member card. This is great, that way I can save money by buying what is currently being sold out cheep. It’s a win-win =). However, I read this month’s issue on the cell, with images disabled, and reacted that this time, there were no discounts on the groceries, only on partner deals with travel agencies and such. Now I’m not that interested in that so it got me thinking, I hit show pictures and: BAM! there the grocery discount where, hidden in an image. Inaccessible to a lot of people. That’s what we swedes call a usbility fuck up!

Another wednesday today. So I’ll try to inform you with a term from the design industry that have risen a bit of momentum within the web design community – but mostly by not being a good analogy.

Usability eller användarvänlighet som det översätts till svenska är ett begrepp som används för att benämna ett systems grad av komplexitet, alltså hur svårt det är att utföra vissa åtgärder och förstå hur saker och ting hänger ihop i systemet. Inom interaktionsdesign och likväl webbdesign så får usability-begreppet allt större spelrum. För ett par år [...]