My daily readings 01/28/2008

Demystifying Usability : “Feature frenzy”- 10 tips to getting feature creep under control

tags: feature, usability

Putting the Del.icio.us Lesson into Practice, Part II: Feature Creep – Bokardo

tags: feature, usability

Creating Passionate Users: Ignore the competition

tags: competition, design, marketing, startup

Facebook User-Data Gathering Goes Viral | Soshable | Social Media Blog  Annotated

tags: apps, facebook

For the most part, it’s worked so far. Developers will now be able to extend their Facebook applications to their own websites by using the formerly-closed JavaScript client library.  Since it does not require any server side code on the developer’s server, they can now create a Facebook application that can be hosted on any Web site that serves static HTML.  The result: putting a Facebook app on a website is now extremely simple.

Interview with Jakob Nielsen [Usability and Information Architecture]  Annotated

tags: usability

It’s important to remember that most web sites are not used repeatedly. Usually, users will visit a given page only once. This means that the efficiency of any given operation takes a back seat to the discoverability and learnability of the feature. Therefore, interaction techniques like drag-and-drop should almost never be used on web sites. Instead, focus on showing a few important features and making them accessible through a single click on a simple link or button.

Remember: just because you love technology and advanced features, it doesn’t mean that your customers do. They just want to get in and out without worrying about your web site. So take it easy on the features.

Usability News – Feature: Eight Guidelines for Usability Testing

tags: usability

ACM Ubiquity – WHY FEATURES DON’T MATTER ANYMORE: THE NEW LAWS OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

tags: usability

Don’t Give In to Feature Demands!

tags: PM, feature, usability

Featuritis vs. the Happy User Peak

tags: design, features, marketing, software, usability

Feature Richness and User Engagement (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)

tags: PM, feature

Viral + Monetizable = StartUp Magic Quadrant – ReadWriteWeb

tags: marketing, startup, trends, web2.0