Archives for usability

Employee personas and how to create them

By: James Robertson Posted: June 23, 2020

Creating employee personas is an effective way to understand the needs of your workforce, and to plan and design solutions accordingly.

What message does your intranet send to your staff?

By: James Robertson Posted: July 29, 2011

Organisations with a strong public brand and reputation are under growing pressure to deliver an intranet to match.

Creating effective intranet "shop windows"

By: James Robertson Posted: October 26, 2010

Intranets filled with ‘blah blah’ landing pages can make it impossible for staff to find what they need.

How long should the intranet homepage be?

By: James Robertson Posted: May 28, 2010

It is widely assumed that intranet homepages need to be squeezed into a single screenful, but can longer pages be made to work?

The three clicks myth

By: James Robertson Posted: December 17, 2009

The ‘three clicks rule’ is perhaps the most widely known web design principle, but it’s a myth.

Seven roles of the intranet homepage

By: James Robertson Posted: October 29, 2009

There are many different uses for the intranet homepage, and a balance must be gained to meet business and staff needs.

25 reasons why saving time on your intranet is a bad metric

By: James Robertson Posted: October 21, 2008

We’ve all heard the argument: if we can save staff 2 minutes a day looking for information on the intranet, we can multiply this out by the number of staff …

Creating strong information scents allows users to confidently find desired content on websites and intranets.