Sometimes I do wonder if some companies are run by monkeys. Take CA ( ca.com), for example. I won’t go into why their products are some of the worse I’ve ever used, why their customer support is beyond a joke, how their anti-virus messed up my computer for months, and why they acquired a great [...]

If you happened to upgrade your Firefox recently, and you’ve been using the Web Developer Toolbar, you’ll have had a nasty surprise. The toolbar didn’t make it through the upgrade. That’s really bad news. For developers like me, the toolbar has been a huge timesaver. This is what it does: Reveals the CSS of any [...]

THIS PRODUCT IS CURRENTLY IN BETA!!! AND ALL MY COMMENTS ARE JUST FOR THIS BETA RELEASE!!! Morph is a new and revolutionary template from JoomlaJunkie.com. It’s the first template I’ve seen that includes a component! I had the pleasure of meeting founder Chris Rault at the 2008 CMS Expo. He is a very bright guy [...]

Over the years I’ve been involved in Joomla, I’ve seen some great improvements in templates. Many templates are now very sophisticated, slick and beautiful. Just compare the early work of any of the veteran template providers with their recent efforts to see the quantum leaps they’ve all made. But while looks have improved, front-end usability [...]

2 weeks ago I was interviewed at the CMS Expo regarding Usability Testing. You can watch the interview here. To find out more about Usability Testing click here.

This is the presentation I gave at the CMS Expo last week. Enjoy! Visit UsabilityTesting.tv for “Expert Usability Testing”. To watch the Usability Testing video of JoomSuite click here.

Website real estate is so important. You want to make the most of each of your pages, especially the area “above the fold” that users can see before they scroll down the page. Joomla’s new login module though is HUGE. In fact, at 159px X 258px, it’s about 43 percent taller than the old version! [...]