(Assuming youre running apache – if not, verify what your server is running with Netcraft)
And dont forget to read the documentation of htaccess by the maker of the webserver, The Apache Foundation. And their authorisation tutorial. Very handy.
Create your htpasswds here, if you dont have shell access.
Saw this about Guice, a dependency injection implmentation. Its a pattern.
Dependency injection is an expression coined in Martin Fowler’s article Inversion of Control Containers and the Dependency Injection Pattern.
... so says Jakob Jenkov ...
Hmm. Patterns, patterns, patterns.
“... theory of visual attention (TVA), which assumes four separable attentional components: processing speed, working memory storage capacity, spatial distribution of attention, and top-down control. ”
From the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
A full article referring to TVA, about “Parameter-based assessment of spatial and non-spatial attentional deficits in Huntington’s disease”.
And the original paper from 1998, “A Computational Theory of Visual Attention”
Cognitive Psychology – great pdf giving an idea of the breadth of the subject. Having Adult ADHD myself, anything cognitive and psychological is interesting material.
Better UX, Better UX
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Cant help thinking that a layout like what you find at:
is a bit too much regardless of how neatly you display it.
ok so some will like loads of things but giving EVERYTHING the same
level of priority (ie all available on the same page) is going to
confuse some and they have the moment of panic where they think “where
do I find x? and where do I find it NOW?????”
my heuristic would be:
1) ask the client what are the 5 main uses of the site and hope there
isnt a long tail (no pun intended) with this business / organisation
2) present the 5 and have a site map for anything else the user may want.
3) for sub pages, do the same, so theres a 5, 5 ,5, 5, 5 structure.
user ought to be able to get what he wants within 3 clicks
conclusion) job done, no more brain overload on front pages.
why 5? to do with digit span – people can usually remember 5
numbers; probably be transferable to website UX
BEFORE
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.... and here would be another example (for me closer to home)
where the 5 rule is exceeded greatly…..
I would say theres around 15 elements here, 11 in the central bit
AFTER
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http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~cs06ab/redesigns/ausa-redesign.PNG
ok there are still about 12 elements, but three less makes it harder to get lost; 7 in the central portion, focussing on the main uses of a student association.
more white space. always important
IDEA
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look at a years stats of usage – which is wanted the most on average?
is it accommodation? design accordingly.
