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I often get requests to remove the "Workspace" field on a calendar. It's a great feature if you need it, but if you don't allow your users to create sub-sites, then it's a training issue to teach people to ignore it. I prefer to...
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There is a lot of discussion on the merits and limitations of Mobile Business Intelligence tools. The growth and market penetration of tablets and smart connected devices make them a perfect medium to display BI related, rich and contextual information...
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I have been dabbling with SharePoint 2010 for a few months, but had yet to crack open an SP2010 Publishing site. Publishing site templates are typically my go-to for a variety of reasons, but (for me) I use publishing sites primarily for the ease of page...
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I often tell my clients that I learn something new about SharePoint everyday, and (today) I have the perfect anecdote to prove it! For those that have already found the sweet toolbar on the datasheet view, the rest of this post may be a bit boring...
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I love this from Jakob Nielsen . I get asked daily what is UX and UI all about, and does it really help my website to pay a company to assist with usability or can I just do it myself…We have an expanding usability practice at Rightpoint and wondered...
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‘Usability’ is a big buzz word these days in software and website development. Everyone says they want to have it, but in the end – they don’t want to spend the time or money required to do it right. Usability is often the number...
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Jakob Nielsen, the world's leading expert on Web usability has listed his best in class intranets. It is no surprise that half of the sites were developed in SharePoint, which i live and breathe daily. SharePoint 2010 is the business collaboration...
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A cool feature within SharePoint is the ability to perform a look-up of information stored in another SharePoint data structure (be it a list, library, etc.). However, the standard form that Microsoft provides to interact with the lookup field is a bit...
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I run into this problem more often than not, and it seems that I always forget the little snippet of code to add, so here goes. Situation : There's a standard DispForm.aspx page for all lists; this page shows the detail of one particular list item...
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I recently was given the task of making SharePoint look less like SharePoint. This post will not discuss how to properly create master pages, layouts, and styles. There are plenty of posts already written that do a quality job explaining how...
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Have you ever found yourself editing a Word document from SharePoint, wanting to add some keywords to your metadata, then digging around Word for 15 minutes trying to find where to open the document information panel? Well, I have, and um, I do this for...
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Some of our clients are asking us for usability studies to measure the effectiveness of their website, Intranet or software application. Most of them really want to perform a quick, expidited heuristic evaluation which is shorter, less expensive but still...
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