Add post Usability tips for visualizing Ajax requests
The usage of Ajax in web applications and web sites is rapidly increasing. If not handled properly Ajax fucntionalities can break users’ expectations and conventions. This is why it is important to help users easily identify what is going on with the system and prevent them to make errors during Ajax operations.
Keep users informed
Usability tips for visualizing Ajax
Ajax indicators are very important tools that help users to have an understanding of what is going on with the system and what are responses from the system. Indicators should be shown as soon as request starts and hidden when request ends. I’ve seen so many times that indicator is visible even when it was obvious that request is finished (or even worse, in some cases there were not any visual clue of what is going on).
Simple indicators
Bing vs Google: A Usability Face-Off
We all know Google and Bing, and probably use one or both of them on more or less a daily basis. Search results are generally the defining factor that makes us have a good experience, and I suspect most of us don’t give too much consideration to the usability of the services.
Bing vs Google
However, with hundreds of millions of people using both of the services each and every day, even subtle changes in the usability of the two could add or shave off huge amounts of time for the two, and each small change can lead to a more enjoyable, more usable experience.
Today we will take a look at these two leviathans and see how they compare in terms of usability, and explain just what usability should mean to you.