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Better Widgets with Science!

June 24, 2009

WordPress version 2.8 was released earlier this month, and whether the developers actually read them or not, I’m glad that they seem to have implemented my suggestions for a cognitive science-based redesign for WordPress Widgets. In WordPress 2.5 Widgets: Taking the Load Off Your Mind, I argued that what a user sees on the back […]

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Shelved with: The Reading Life
Tagged With: 2.8, Book Clubs, CASTLE Book Club, Daniel T. Willingham, Digital Literacy, Psychology, Scott McLeod, WordPress
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WordPress 2.8 – Better Widgets?

December 30, 2008

Widget management is item #1 on the list of priorities for WordPress 2.8 development. I explored the cognitive psychology behind the widget management screen design in an earlier post, WordPress 2.5 Widgets?Taking the Load Off Your Mind. Here are the takeaway design suggestions.

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Shelved with: Margin Notes|| Science & Technology
Tagged With: 2.5, 2.8, Analogy, Digital Literacy, Psychology, Usability, Widgets, WordPress
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