information design archives
“Too much data has the same outcome as no data at all—except that it costs more and causes a headache.”Via Mark Hurst’s Twitter feed
“Users pay attention to information-carrying images that show content that’s relevant to the task at hand. And users ignore purely decorative images that don’t add real content to the page. So much fluff — of which there’s too much already on the Web.”Some great advice in the latest Alertbox on using photos and images effectively, especially in e-commerce.