Usability, web development & design as seen by Damien van Holten.

Beijing 2008 usability failure

It’s been said enough times already but I’m gonna go ahead and repeat it one more time: JavaScript should be used to enhance the UX (user experience) not be the UX. I came across a great example on how people screw this up: the Website of Beijing Olympic Games.

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Dutch stop words

In finding a complete list of dutch stop words to use in a application we are building I came across the biggest names on the web to the dark back alley’s we all know are out there. A good list of dutch stop words wasn’t to be found though.

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They just have no idea…

A few months ago I did a SEO job for a large student job site. I made a plan, we (the company I work for) delivered the product and they started to get great rankings within Google. From then on, pages could only get better ranking… right? Nope.

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Where site search went wrong

I’m all for offering options with your onsite search but I came across a great example of how you can mess it up. The dutch site Knowington offers books for sale, so logically they offer a way to search trough their inventory. They way did it though, is where site search went wrong.

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