One of the courses I’m currently taking at Full Sail University is Intro to Web Interface and Usability. I’ve been incredibly excited for this class for months and now that I’m in it and learning new things I can’t help but look at web sites in a new light.

With a design background (self taught, not educated) I thought I already knew the gist of usability but it just goes to show that you never know too much. We’ve been studying the common and best practices in website navigation, home page designs and expanded on some areas we’ve researched before like product pages and shopping carts.

Here are some great articles on usability for those interested:

I highly recommend the first two articles by Smashing Magazine. While you’re at it, subscribe to them.