How to Return to the Top of a Web Page

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While I was reading today’s Nielsen Norman Group’s article on back-to-top links design guidelines, it confirmed something I noticed when I recently conducted usability testing.

When usability testing participants were asked to return to the top of the page, the majority weren’t aware of the browser and operating system built-in options to get back to the top of the page. Continue reading How to Return to the Top of a Web Page

Celebrating Women in Technology: #WITBragDay

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Last week’s news of a 10-page memo against Google’s diversity efforts from a Google engineer sparked a lot of debate and backlash online in blog posts and social media.

And it got negative. Fast.

But one of the good things that came out of the discussion that I loved was the idea for women to promote their technology accomplishments using the hashtag #WITBragDay (Women in Technology Brag Day).Continue reading Celebrating Women in Technology: #WITBragDay

Save Net Neutrality: Let’s Fight for the Future

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Imagine visiting your favorite website, only to discover a spinning image on it instead of the latest post. A minute later, no difference. The image is still spinning on the screen.

That scenario is not too far off in the future, if current rules in the United States are repealed.

Today, July 12, 2017, thousands of people and organizations in the United States will join together to Fight for the Future and save net neutrality. Continue reading Save Net Neutrality: Let’s Fight for the Future