A lucky dip of links this evening (one day I'll get around to actually writing an opinion here...):
- James Robertson's CM briefing for this month is online: Scoping an intranet release.
- A draft chapter from Edward Tufte's new book is online and open for comment. Not familiar with Tufte? He's an expert in information design, from books, to signs to maps to...you get the picture. If you look at only one of his books, make it Envisioning Information.
- Build a simple style switcher in CSS. Allows users to view your site they way they want. Not sure if this is a good thing or not. Anyway, the CSS tip might be useful for something.
- Functionality is dead says AMR research:
The Issue: The name of the game in the 1990s was functionality and technology. The new game is ease of use and accessibility.A client recently asked me to survey its customer base about what these customers consider of most value. We assumed that it would be some combination of functional and technological superiority. We couldn’t have been more wrong:
* “Ease of use, ease of use, ease of use,” said one interviewee.
* “Simple to use and low cost of implementation,” said another.
* “No training and the package is very accessible,” said a third.
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