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News from Mint, a tool for grid designs, and 10 awesome usability findings.

News and Follow-Ups

• 01:40 – Intuit buys Mint
• 05:29 – Compress with gzip backward compatible?  mobile browser compatable?
  • Check your device
• 08:20 – Google lets you tell them what url parameters to ignore
• 11:27 – Digsby sees the light!

Webapps

• 13:47 – ReCSS – Bookmarklet that refreshes just the css on a page. via qasim

• 16:37 – Gridinator -http://gridin ator.com – Create website grids easily, then download them as html/css or an image! via quasim

Topics

• 20:00 – 10 Useful usability findings
  • Labels go above the form
  • Users focus on faces
  • Quality design = credibility
  • Users scan content and scroll fast
  • Blue is the best color for links
  • White space improves comprehension
  • User testing doesn’t need to be extensive
  • Make your search boxes wide enough
  • Informative product pages help you stand out
  • Most users are blind to advertising