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6th December 2002

An Intermediate Guide to Formal Visual Design

“Whether you are an enthusiastic user of these new technologies who would like to improve your skills through a better understanding of the formalised elements and principles of design your fly-by-night ‘digital design school’ located above a convenience store may have failed to teach you, or if you are just a regular person who would like to sneer and poke fun at the ocean of bad design that surrounds us in a more intelligent and informed manner, this is the article [is] for you.”

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6th December 2002

Text, Tables and Graphics

“A graphic is not always the most illustrative element. Written sentences, tables and graphics occupy their own place in the discourse of building clarity and insight.”

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6th December 2002

paperworks.biz

“Specializing in rare and unique papers and related art supplies.”

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6th December 2002

ClickTracks

“ClickTracks is a new way of seeing website user behavior. ClickTracks graphically presents each page of your site together with behavior patterns — where people click, how long they stay, when they leave the site, and much more.”

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6th December 2002

Setup Instructions for Tapeless Usability Lab

“This is a description of how I set up a tapeless usability lab for BEA Corporation. In this setup, the Subject PC is monitored from another PC, which records the screen and audio to hard drive. The Monitor PC serves these recordings on demand. It also provides a live feed during tests. Compared to VCR-based labs, this requires less equipment, provides a higher-quality image, and is much faster to edit. Most importantly, it is much easier to share results.”

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6th December 2002

ClickTracks

“ClickTracks is a new way of seeing website user behavior. ClickTracks graphically presents each page of your site together with behavior patterns — where people click, how long they stay, when they leave the site, and much more.”

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