just keep tryin' ta get a little better

We are currently renewing Igre123 with a wider design to accommodate the new standard web resolution. Somewhere along the way, we decided that it would be nifty if user’s avatars would be rounded like on Facebook:

I thought the task would be difficult at first, but after I tossed some CSS around, I found out that [...]

If you have a web page such as YouTube or Mojvideo, where the sole reason for a pages success is user generated content and the quantity (and quality off course) of it, it’s easy to forget about the users who don’t contribute to the content of the page. We (at Popcom) spent most of the [...]

Another common usability mistake most make, is the step after a user signs into a web page. Most web pages will redirect a user to the front page or his profile page, which is fine if he is signing in from the front page. But most commonly a user will sign in when he is [...]

Sitemaps are XML files that help web crawlers (google, yahoo, …) get to know your web page better. The sitemap file contains information about when a web page or sub page was last modified, how often it is updated, etc.
It also includes a “priority” information which tells the crawler how important is one page in [...]

I like talking about usability, so today I’ll talk about another easy way to improve your web page. There are many web pages which use AJAX to post the contents of a form back to the server. The problem is that most of them don’t act as regular forms, where you can hit enter on [...]

Most developers just go “the usa what now?” when you mention usability. And it shows if you browse the internet a little. And it’s really sad that this is the case, as there are so many quick and easy ways to improve the usability of your web page.
I’ll talk about labels today. They are a [...]

Contrary to popular belief, on various developer forums, I’m, in fact, not a two headed monster crushing hopes and dreams of new comers.
Every now and then a new user registers who’d like to be a programmer. All is good up until the moment he click’s on the submit button of the new thread form. What [...]