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		<title>Lousy usability design tricks named and shamed</title>
		<link>http://amas.ie/blog/user-hateful-anti-usability-web-designs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fiachra</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fiachra Ó Marcaigh]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[racket]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Universal Design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[DarkPatterns.org is cataloguing a range of online anti-usability scams, such as the "Roach Motel" and "Privacy Zuckering".  <br/><a title="Lousy usability design tricks named and shamed" class="readmore" href="http://amas.ie/blog/user-hateful-anti-usability-web-designs/" rel="bookmark" >Read More...</a> ]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Holiday homes tax&#8217; website raises millions &#8211; efficiently</title>
		<link>http://amas.ie/blog/holiday-homes-tax-website-raises-millions-efficiently/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fiachra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiachra Ó Marcaigh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Usability and Accessibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eGovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accessibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Universal Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Universal Design thinking helped to develop a highly usable, accessible eGovernment website to collect over €60 million in  'holiday home tax'<br/><a title="'Holiday homes tax' website raises millions - efficiently" class="readmore" href="http://amas.ie/blog/holiday-homes-tax-website-raises-millions-efficiently/" rel="bookmark" >Read More...</a> ]]></description>
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		<title>The end of IE6 is nigh</title>
		<link>http://amas.ie/blog/internet-explorer-6/</link>
		<comments>http://amas.ie/blog/internet-explorer-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Usability and Accessibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accessibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IE6's user base falls below 5%, which is good news for web development projects<br/><a title="The end of IE6 is nigh" class="readmore" href="http://amas.ie/blog/internet-explorer-6/" rel="bookmark" >Read More...</a> ]]></description>
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		<title>Google tweaks rankings: now speed counts</title>
		<link>http://amas.ie/blog/google-tweaks-rankings-now-speed-counts/</link>
		<comments>http://amas.ie/blog/google-tweaks-rankings-now-speed-counts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usability]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.amas.ie/blog/?p=648</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Google introduces site speed as element in its ranking algorithms<br/><a title="Google tweaks rankings: now speed counts" class="readmore" href="http://amas.ie/blog/google-tweaks-rankings-now-speed-counts/" rel="bookmark" >Read More...</a> ]]></description>
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		<title>Banned jargon: 250 words &#039;you should not use&#039;</title>
		<link>http://amas.ie/blog/banned-jargon-250-words-you-should-not-use/</link>
		<comments>http://amas.ie/blog/banned-jargon-250-words-you-should-not-use/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fiachra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Content]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Usability and Accessibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accessibility]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[language]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[style]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Local Government Association in Britain has issued a list of 250 banned words that it says should not be used by public sector staff to talk to people.<br/><a title="Banned jargon: 250 words &#039;you should not use&#039;" class="readmore" href="http://amas.ie/blog/banned-jargon-250-words-you-should-not-use/" rel="bookmark" >Read More...</a> ]]></description>
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		<title>What makes Google, Facebook and Daft tick</title>
		<link>http://amas.ie/blog/digital-landscape-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://amas.ie/blog/digital-landscape-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet trends]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google, Facebook and Daft.ie have lessons for traditional businesses<br/><a title="What makes Google, Facebook and Daft tick" class="readmore" href="http://amas.ie/blog/digital-landscape-conference/" rel="bookmark" >Read More...</a> ]]></description>
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		<title>AMAS director speaking at interaction design event</title>
		<link>http://amas.ie/blog/amas-director-speaking-at-interaction-design-event/</link>
		<comments>http://amas.ie/blog/amas-director-speaking-at-interaction-design-event/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fiachra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aileen O'Toole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Usability and Accessibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accessibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fiachra Ó Marcaigh gives presentation as part of Design Week 2009.<br/><a title="AMAS director speaking at interaction design event" class="readmore" href="http://amas.ie/blog/amas-director-speaking-at-interaction-design-event/" rel="bookmark" >Read More...</a> ]]></description>
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		<title>Improve usability for checkout fulfilment</title>
		<link>http://amas.ie/blog/checkout-usability/</link>
		<comments>http://amas.ie/blog/checkout-usability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Usability and Accessibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecommerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How to improve the usability and compliance of online checkout processes to increase order fulfilment<br/><a title="Improve usability for checkout fulfilment" class="readmore" href="http://amas.ie/blog/checkout-usability/" rel="bookmark" >Read More...</a> ]]></description>
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		<title>When tiny URLs are bad for business</title>
		<link>http://amas.ie/blog/tiny-url-problems/</link>
		<comments>http://amas.ie/blog/tiny-url-problems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Content]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accessibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.amas.ie/blog/?p=251</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[URL-shortening services are increasingly popular thanks to Twitter, but could they be bad for your online presence?<br/><a title="When tiny URLs are bad for business" class="readmore" href="http://amas.ie/blog/tiny-url-problems/" rel="bookmark" >Read More...</a> ]]></description>
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		<title>Counting the business cost of captchas</title>
		<link>http://amas.ie/blog/counting-the-business-cost-of-captchas/</link>
		<comments>http://amas.ie/blog/counting-the-business-cost-of-captchas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Usability and Accessibility]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[usability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WCAG 2.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Captchas can prevent spam, but may also be an obstacle to many of your potential customers<br/><a title="Counting the business cost of captchas" class="readmore" href="http://amas.ie/blog/counting-the-business-cost-of-captchas/" rel="bookmark" >Read More...</a> ]]></description>
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