The Missing Label October 25, 2007
Posted by jay in : Social Media, Usability , trackbackSince June ‘07, a MyBlogLog user can add services to his profile. These are the user’s online identities on over 30 popular social services (Digg, Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, del.icio.us and others). This is very useful and creates a richer profile.
But viewing someone’s profile and figuring out which username belongs to which service is a frustrating process that involves trial and error. Labels (text or favicons) would greatly help here.
Make labels for data fields distinctive, so that they will not be readily confused with data entries, labeled control options, guidance messages, or other displayed material.” (Jakob Nielsen, Sixty Guidelines)
Technorati Tags: Usability, MyBlogLog, Social Media, Jakob Nielsen, Online Identity, Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Digg, Labels
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November 27, 2007 at 5:37 pm
[...] month ago I suggested to MyBlogLog to improve the way they display user’s online identities under the profile page. ...