Topic: Information Architecture

• The Curse of Information Design

  by Scott Jason Cohen · Issue 96 · January 27, 2001

  With the rise of information architecture, user experience consultants, and usability experts, the fate of a website is no longer left to chance, and its design is no longer a function of organic processes. That may be good for business, but is it really good for the web? Scott Cohen has his doubts.

• Experience Design

  by Bob Jacobson · Issue 77 · August 18, 2000

  It’s time for web designers to peek over the cubicle and start sharing ideas with their peers in related design disciplines. Jacobson suggests one way to do that in this overview of the emerging Experience Design paradigm.

• The Money Page

  by Alan Herrell · Issue 40 · November 05, 1999

  Low tech, high yield: A funny thing happened on the way to the shopping cart. One Web designer found a simpler way to make e-commerce pay. Alan Herrell shows you The Money Page.

• Why IE5/Mac Matters

  by Jeffrey Zeldman · Issue 57 · March 31, 2000

  It complies with two key web standards. And leaves out two others. It's IE5 Macintosh Edition, the first browser on any platform to truly support HTML 4 and CSS-1. Its accessibility enhancements put the user in charge, and its clever new features solve long-standing cross-platform and usability problems. All this ... but still no XML or DOM. Zeldman explains what IE5/Mac means to the web.