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Field notes from Web Style Guide authors Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton

Where's the strategy in higher ed web decision making?

By Sarah Horton on October 16, 2010 10:34 AM | No Comments

Those of you who are responsible for higher education websites will appreciate this Fast Company article, Why Are Colleges Flunking Web Strategy 101? While it hits hard and perhaps a bit too close for comfort, the author, Jeff Cram, highlights helpful strategies for getting strategy into the decision making process.

Follow me on Twitter: @patrlynch

By Patrick J. Lynch on April 1, 2010 8:15 PM | 1 Comment

While I will continue to use this space occasionally for comments tightly linked to the Web Style Guide, see my Twitter posts for most of my daily comments, observations, and link pointers: @patrlynch

New insights on scrolling

By Sarah Horton on March 22, 2010 10:42 AM | No Comments

"Web users spend 80% of their time looking at information above the page fold. Although users do scroll, they allocate only 20% of their attention below the fold."

The latest usability data on scrolling, from Jakob Nielsen.