Go forth and search!
Yes, we admit it. The search function on the website has never been anything to shout about. It was slow, it frequently returned broken links, it took ages to populate…
Posts Categorized: Usability
Now that’s what we call interactive!
As most of you will know by now we’ve been working hard in the Web Team over the last 18 months to improve the user experience, primarily that for prospective…
Guest talk – Modern Web Design Trends 2016
Last week, myself, Anna and Katie attended a lunchtime talk from Marianne Kay (@marianne_ua), an Analyst at the Digital Clarity Group and part-time lecturer here at the University of Bradford,…
Mobile first? Not for me, it’s all about content (restive.js)
A few years a go I was working on a project to make our Undergraduate website responsive when the term was still in its infancy. It was used a lot…
The day that Keele came to visit
We always like having visitors on campus and this week was no exception. The team from Keele University came over to meet with the Web Team and have a long…
SiteImprove – the story so far
I love SiteImprove! Although I could be excused a moment of depression when I use it. Back in late August, when we first looked at this snazzy piece of site…
Usability testing – some free tools
Having just started in my new role as Digital Media Officer for the School of Health Studies, I am keen to contribute to The Web Team blog, and thought I’d…
Signposting pages
What is a signposting page? Web users are usually on a mission to either complete a task or get the answer to a question. A signposting page, also known as…
My top five Steve Krug quotes
Still without a doubt one of my favourite web reads and always worth a revisit – ‘Don’t Make Me Think!: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability’ by Steve Krug….