Usability

These articles will reflect on concepts on User Interface design, and usability in general. Topics will include content management, site layout, structuring information properly, as well as miscellaneous concepts.

If You Have FAQs, You're Doing Something Wrong

Frequently Asked Questions, or FAQs, as they're affectionately known, are a staple on the majority of informational and e-commerce websites. You can find them on a wide range of super popular sites, from Newegg to Digg, from Myspace to ABC.

Unfortunately, they're a cop out.

FAQs are a quick way to address an issue, but like the trivia section on Wikipedia, there's likely a better place to put it. Let's take Digg as an example and see how this can be improved.