Updates

2026-10-26

All concept, source, and entity pages: tags replaced with the fixed 37-tag list in schema.md.

Concept pages

Edited

A/B Testing — duplicate opening pull quote removed
About Us Pages — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Above the Fold — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Action Buttons — ingestion note removed from a Further reading entry; duplicate opening pull quote removed
Affordance — duplicate opening pull quote removed
AI Chat Interface — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Alt Text — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Auto-save — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Blogs — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Browsable Content — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Category Pages — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Clean Product Details — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Clear First Reads — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Community Conference — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Content Modules — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Content Organization Schemes — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Context-Sensitive Help — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Contextual Inquiry — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Cross-Selling and Up-Selling — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Customer Research Methods — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Dashboard Design — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Design-Centering Styles — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Effective Images — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Email Communications — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Enabling Intranets — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Expanding and Fixed Screen Width — duplicate opening pull quote removed
External Links — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Featured Products — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Gift Giving — duplicate opening pull quote removed
GOMS — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Grassroots Information Sites — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Headlines and Blurbs — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Heuristic Evaluation — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Homepage Portal — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Human-AI Interaction — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Journey Mapping — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Jump Menus — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Loading States — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Location-Based Services — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Message Boards — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Mobile-First Design — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Mobile Input Design — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Mobile Screen Sizing — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Multiple Destinations — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Multiple Ways to Navigate — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Navigation Menus — duplicate opening pull quote removed
News Mosaics — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Nonprofits as Networks of Help — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Order Tracking and History — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Organized Search Results — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Page Loading Speed — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Page Template — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Passwordless Authentication — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Personalized Recommendations — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Printable Pages — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Privacy Policy — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Process Funnel — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Quick-Flow Checkout — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Search Action Module — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Search Engine Optimization — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Seven Stages of Action — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Sign-In and Account Creation — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Site Footer — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Site Map (Navigation Page) — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Stimulating Arts and Entertainment — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Straightforward Search Forms — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Up-Front Value Proposition — duplicate opening pull quote removed
Valuable Company Sites — duplicate opening pull quote removed

2026-10-25

Website

Created and updated dates on articles now read like “Jun 23, 2026”

2026-10-24

Concept pages

Edited

Account Management — captions and alt text corrected; pull quotes moved above images; heading renamed; link to Customer Sessions added
Affordance — maintenance note removed
Alt Text — link to Icons added
Auto-save — link to WAI-ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) added
Change Blindness — gorilla study reframed as inattentional blindness; caption corrected; pull quotes moved; narration cut from Sources
Clear First Reads — maintenance note removed
Cognitive Load — link to Notifications added
Customer-Centered Design — maintenance note removed
Dark Patterns — maintenance note removed
Dashboard Design — maintenance note removed
Data Visualization — maintenance note removed
Design Tokens — section heading renamed to match its content; two pull quotes replaced or cut; maintenance note removed
Error Messages — link to WAI-ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) added
Filters and Facets — pull quote replaced
Fitts's Law — link to Icons added; maintenance note removed
Form Design — link to WAI-ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) added
Gestalt Psychology — maintenance note removed
Grassroots Information Sites — pull quote replaced; “the source’s” wording cut from the body
Gulfs of Execution and Evaluation — maintenance note removed
Hick's Law — maintenance note removed
Homepage Portal — Background rewritten; load-time guidance moved into its own Solution section; caption and a heading rewritten
Human-AI Interaction — appeal-announcement sentence corrected
Human Interface Guidelines — maintenance note removed
Icons — links to Navigation Menus, Fitts's Law, and Alt Text added
Keyboard Shortcuts — link to Accessibility added
Know Your Customers — survivorship bias named; balance vs. technology-second wording reconciled
Live Chat Support — repeated human-or-bot point cut from Background and Solution; caption corrected
Loading States — link to WAI-ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) added
Mobile-First Design — caption rewritten; case-study paragraph clarified; duplicated breakpoint guidance replaced with a pointer
Mobile Screen Sizing — content-trimming advice qualified, with a pointer to Responsive Web Design
NASA-TLX — rating-scale caption reconciled with the 5-point scoring
Navigation Menus — links to Icons and WAI-ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) added
Notifications — warning vs. page-level banners distinguished; inline NN/g mention removed; link to Cognitive Load added
Organized Search Results — pull quote replaced
Page Not Found — pull quote replaced
Passwordless Authentication — new section on accepting synced passkeys; recovery and notification guidance extended; Further reading added; link to Icons added
Personalized Content — Further reading added
Personas and Scenarios — maintenance note removed
Predictive Input — Further reading added; suggestion behaviors made a list with their aria-autocomplete values; alt text completed; pull quote replaced
Privacy Preferences — Solution opening, a heading, caption, and Sources entry fixed; link to Quick-Flow Checkout added
Process Funnel — maintenance note removed
Responsive Web Design — new sections on not hiding content and on input-based media queries; breakpoint and viewport guidance extended; Solution reordered; Further reading added
Search Action Module — pull quote replaced
Self-Service Government — pull quote cut
Search Engine Optimization — pull quote replaced
Shopping Cart — pull quote replaced
Usability Engineering — duplicated slip/mistake section cut to a pointer to Error Prevention and Recovery
Visual Hierarchy — maintenance note removed
Web Site Development Process — Maintenance paragraph split; heading recased; link to Trust and Credibility added

Source pages

Added

NIST SP 800-63B-4: Authentication and Authenticator Management — NIST’s digital-identity authentication guidelines, feeding Passwordless Authentication
web.dev: Responsive Web Design Basics — web.dev’s responsive design basics, feeding Responsive Web Design

Edited

Wear OS Design Guidelines (Android Developers) — maintenance note removed
Carbon Design System: Empty States and Dashboards (IBM) — maintenance note removed
The Grid - Structure and Style — maintenance note removed
Affordances and Signifiers (FuguUX Blog Post) — maintenance note removed
Examples of Bad Interfaces That Should Be Detectable — maintenance note removed
Examples of Good Web Pages — maintenance note removed
It Just Works: Tiny Details That Matter in UX Design — maintenance note removed
Responsive Web Design (MDN) — maintenance note removed
MDN: Web Share API — maintenance note removed
PatternFly: Empty State and Dashboard Design Guidelines (Red Hat) — maintenance note removed
Combobox Pattern (W3C WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices Guide) — Cited In subsections reordered
The Design of Everyday Things (Wikipedia) — maintenance note removed
Material Design (Wikipedia) — maintenance note removed
WAI-ARIA (Wikipedia) — maintenance note removed
Web Accessibility Initiative (Wikipedia) — maintenance note removed

Website

Updates page added, linked from the header
Fixed backwards apostrophes after links (e.g. “Fitts’s Law‘s” now reads “Fitts’s Law’s”)

2026-10-23

Concept pages

Edited

Know Your Customers — four-elements diagram added; survivorship-bias diagram redrawn
Live Chat Support — Further reading added
Message Boards — Further reading added
Mobile-First Design — new section on writing the single-column layout as the base style
NASA-TLX — Further reading added
Notifications — Further reading added
Page Template — GOV.UK production-template example added under the grid section

Source pages

Edited

GOV.UK Design System — Layout guidance added; now cited by Page Template and Mobile-First Design
Responsive Web Design (MDN) — mobile-first key point added; now cited by Mobile-First Design

2026-10-16

Concept pages

Edited

Error Prevention and Recovery — Further reading added; pointer to Predictive Input added
Explainable AI — Further reading added
Human-AI Interaction — new section on designing for the user’s benefit; context-of-use roles extended
Icons — mobile touch-target guidance added
Mental Models — Further reading added
Predictive Input — new section on requiring more typing before suggesting from a high-stakes list
Privacy Preferences — Further reading added
Service Design — value flow model added to the analytical tools

Source pages

Added

Exploring What People Need to Know to be AI Literate: Tailoring for a Diversity of AI Roles and Responsibilities — CHI ‘25 paper on AI literacy across stakeholder roles

Edited

Accessibility (Material Design) — now cited by Icons