Comments on: In the Zone with Kristi Colvin http://zachbraiker.com/2008/12/in-the-zone-with-kristi-colvin/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:24:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Ari Herzog http://zachbraiker.com/2008/12/in-the-zone-with-kristi-colvin/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Ari Herzog Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:45:46 +0000 http://quiverandquill.com/2008/12/in-the-zone-with-kristi-colvin/#comment-154 <em>The very first thing I assess is whether it is immediately obvious what I should do first after arriving at a home page, or next after arriving at a landing page. There is an art to guiding users through a system.</em> Can you take us through your assessment process, Kristi? When I look at websites, I pretend I am 7 years old. Everything is from that lens. There's a reason the dot-com bubble burst and why mergers and acquisitions have increased since; if a child can't describe a business' mission statement in a sentence or navigate through a website, there's no way I will either. How about you? The very first thing I assess is whether it is immediately obvious what I should do first after arriving at a home page, or next after arriving at a landing page. There is an art to guiding users through a system.

Can you take us through your assessment process, Kristi?

When I look at websites, I pretend I am 7 years old. Everything is from that lens.

There’s a reason the dot-com bubble burst and why mergers and acquisitions have increased since; if a child can’t describe a business’ mission statement in a sentence or navigate through a website, there’s no way I will either.

How about you?

]]> By: Aaron Irizarry http://zachbraiker.com/2008/12/in-the-zone-with-kristi-colvin/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Aaron Irizarry Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:57:00 +0000 http://quiverandquill.com/2008/12/in-the-zone-with-kristi-colvin/#comment-153 Great read. I really enjoyed what Kristi had to say about evaluating the usability of a website, a very well rounded approach that goes beyond "wow this looks cool and the links work". Congrats Kristi on a great interview! ~ Aaron I Great read.
I really enjoyed what Kristi had to say about evaluating the usability of a website, a very well rounded approach that goes beyond “wow this looks cool and the links work”.

Congrats Kristi on a great interview!

~ Aaron I

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