AJAX Usability

• With Frank Spillers, MS
• Length: 60 minutes
• Cost: $119.00
• Format: Recording of Live web seminar

Topic: AJAX usability- adding the "sizzle" to user interface design withoutgetting trapped by AJAX pitfalls. Are you future-proofing your web siteor web application so that it offers an equal or better userexperience? Which AJAX best practices should you adopt? The Web is changing fast. New standards are emerging, new approachesto coding such as Scriptaculous, AJAX, Ruby, Flash/Flex, Silverlightand others are creating a leap-frog situation where many new websites,web apps and portals are implementing next year's User Interface elements. Where and how should you be using AJAX? Which user interface elements is AJAX good for? How does AJAX enhance web applicationusability and how is that different to a website? In this seminar we will explore when you should use AJAX to dramatically improve the user experience, and when you should not use it. We'll look at examples ofwho is using AJAX well and who is using it poorly.

Agenda:

1. Where AJAX works well (to enhance user experience)
2. Where AJAX fails
3. AJAX Usability and emerging standards
4. Q & A

Who should attend:Internet Marketing managers, user interface designers, IT managers,application developers, those using or curious about AJAX or planningAJAX interfaces for 2008.Cost: $119.00 per individual, $595 for team (5-15 people)(includes course handout, and free access to archived playback).Bonus: includes an AJAX Usability Checklist.

Contents of the AJAX Usability Checklist:

1. When and where to use AJAX
2. Key Lessons: Google style AJAX; Yahoo! Style AJAX
3. How to design for progressive disclosure contexts using AJAX.
4. Five questions you should ask when considering AJAX

Prerequisites:None 

About the Speaker:

Frank Spillers is a web and software usability expert and has been recognized by the U.S. Dept. of Labor as a subject matter expert. Frank holds a Masters of Science in Cognitive Science from Birmingham University (UK) and has ten years of practical experience with usability and user centered design techniques. He is a lead usability consultant with Experience Dynamics, a user centered design and usability consultancy based in Portland, Oregon USA. Frank has worked internationally with clients including Hewlett-Packard, Key Bank, Daimler-Chrysler, Intel, BankOne, IBM, Four Seasons, The Vanguard Group, Verizon and others.