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As long as there’s been an Internet, the discussion between user experience and usability has been explored. Although they are conceptually linked, taken separately, they highlight different elements of the human-computer interaction.

Yet in these days of advanced user interfaces, from mobile devices to e-readers to tablets, has the line between user experience and usability blurred? And if so, what does it mean for web standards and design? We examine their distinctions, roles and implications in an effort to answer these questions.

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The Difference Between Usability and User Experience

You’ve built your website for a reason, and in most cases, that is to sell something. But how can you be sure the website you have designed is converting all those visitors into actual sales? Maybe it’s time to do some testing.

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Getting Started with A/B Split Testing

Lots of interesting things happening at SXSW (news, site) over the weekend. Even Microsoft was in the game launching a new User Experience Kit for technical and creative leads. Let’s see what’s in the box.

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#SXSW: Microsoft Unveils a User Experience Kit

On Sunday, I attend the “Search Patterns: Tangible Futures for Discovery” session at SXSW hosted by Peter Morville, whose library and information science background really helps him to understand how things should be managed, so that they can be easily found.

He set the stage of the session with the metaphor – bad search can be like the Winchester Mystery house.

On Sunday, I attend the “Search Patterns: Tangible Futures for Discovery” session at SXSW hosted by Peter Morville, whose library and information science background really helps him to understand how things should be managed, so that they can be easily found.

He set the stage of the session with the metaphor – bad search can be like the Winchester Mystery house.