Thursday, August 31, 2006

User interface - User preferences for colours

The W3C User interface page - User preferences for colours section includes info on how to specify Standard Windows colours in your CSS stylesheet. This entry replaces the previous one which turned out to be incorrect :-(

CSS Colors and backgrounds

The W3C Colors and backgrounds page includes info on how to specify Standard Windows colours in your CSS stylesheet

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

The Paradox of Choice - An Interview with Barry Schwartz

This Interview with Barry Schwartz mentions the Jam Effect or the Jam Principle, how offering 30 different flavours of jam creates more interest, but less sales than 6 different flavours of jam. Also, how the decision process affects people's perception of the product they finally choose.