The Information Architecture Archive

Pageless pagination: cease and desist

If you are looking for another patent lawsuit on Web techniques and technologies, then I am sorry to disappoint you. Although, I wish that I was the patent holder for this particular piece of functionality. I would be tempted to lock it away and let it expire. If you are still in the dark, the technique I am referring to would be pageless pagination — also known as endless paging, or “just-in-time” paging. Continue reading.

Six years after “Don’t Make Me Think”, and your Web site still sucks

If you ever wondered what brings a business to its knees in bankruptcy, then look no further than their Web site. Being in the industry, and in the know, I am no longer surprised at the severely heightened level of disorganization on the majority of Web sites today. This lack of organization online typically reflects the level of organization offline. However, that does not stop my almost seventy-year-old father from telling me he still cannot stand it. “Why do they have to make stuff so hard to find?” he often asks. Trust me dad, I can empathize. Continue reading.