Writing

I’ve written a lot of articles on the subjects of Usability, Accessibility, Interaction Design and Innovation. Most of them are in Italian and can be found mainly on the online magazines Flashability and Idearium.

More recently I started an intriguing collaboration with the English speaking magazine UXMatters where I write about eyetracking based interface evaluations.

Recent articles

Note: due to impressive job activity at Gabetti’s I’m suspending for a while my writing activity. Pls take a look at the blog for any news regarding my researches. Sorry for that.

  • Label placement in forms
    I tested various form labels alignment against different users typologies using eye tracking technology in order to find the best possible technique for label placement. (UXmatters)
  • Flash and Accessibility: a possible marriage
    This article is taken from my speech at Macromedia FATW04, the last BIG techies-related event Macromedia held in Italy, focusing on the theme of accessibility related to the Flash world. Once again, I am back to this topic I have been dealing with on the Idearium.org site back in 2002, when the MX version of Macromedia software had just appeared. (Flashability)
  • Evaluating the Usability of Search Forms Using Eyetracking: A Practical Approach
    In this article, I’ll present findings from eyetracking tests we did to evaluate the best solutions for label placement in Web forms. The usability of forms is often massively important to the overall usability of a Web site. (UXmatters)
  • Introduction to Eyetracking: Seeing Through Your Users’ Eyes
    This article is the first in a series of articles on eyetracking that will appear in UXmatters. Over the coming months, I’ll use eyetracking to evaluate a lot of world-renowned user interfaces—including Web sites like Amazon.com®, Google™ News, and eBay®; Rich Internet Applications (RIAs); and desktop applications—and analyze quantitative eyetracking data to provide best practices for designing user interface elements like navigation systems, menus, and forms, and for effective ad placement. (UXmatters)
  • Download, streaming or…
    Is it possible to solve the ancestral problem of download times for graphics/interaction heavy Flash based interfaces? Possibly avoiding the mefitical preload bar, thankyou. (Flashability)

Articles in Italian

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