User Experience Design, Pop Culture, Etc.
- Turn Inline Links Into Padded Blocks for Larger Clickable Areas
There’s a very quick usability trick you can do with the links on your site to make them easier to use. It’s something that I don’t see talked about very much, and a lot of sites don’t implement it. Link padding and blocks — that is, increasing the clickable area of your links to make them easier to click on.usabilitypost.com | Usability Tip: Turn Inline Links Into Padded Blocks for Larger Clickable Areas
- Using Shadows to Improve the Usability of Menus and Windows
Application window and menu shadows have been around for a while on the OS desktop. These are the subtle shadows you have around the edges of active and inactive windows, as well as menus. Active windows also normally have stronger shadows to indicate that they are closer to us.usabilitypost.com | Using Shadows to Improve the Usability of Menus and Windows