OMA Comp
Web Design & Development
Client: BELAZ Trucks Americas
We recently redesigned website for BELAZ Trucks website, updated all website content and updated graphic design and optimized the website.
Belaz Trucks Americas is the exclusive distributor for Belaz products in North America and is structured to sell and support Belaz products in select areas in South and Central America.
July 13, 2012
Dear Local Business:
My name is Nadiya Sorych and as as the president of the Oakland University Medical Brigades chapter, a subchapter of Global Brigades, I would like to introduce you our vision to help those in need. Global Brigades is a nonprofit, student-led global health and sustainable development organization chartered in universities around the United States and Europe. Our mission is to provide rural communities with sustainable solutions under a holistic service model, in order to improve health, water, sanitation, and economic infrastructures.
As times are tough and we go about worrying about our daily lives, we forget that in some parts of the world people live on less than $2.00 per day and do not have access to safe drinking water. Treatable health problems arise from completely preventable sources, such as building a simple chimney for your family’s stove. Your children should not be breathing with smoke when you are cooking dinner for them! Imagine not being able to help your family struggling from respiratory problems because there is completely no access to medical care.
This is where our organization comes in. Our group of student volunteers is motivated by basic human needs of families living in rural Honduras. We provide free medical care and basic health education with the goal of making that community self-sustainable. We are young college students that can offer our minds, physical strength and time. However, our financial circumstances make a trip like this a great challenge. Therefore, for resources necessary to complete our mission, we rely upon donors.
You can make a difference! We understand that most of our supporters cannot go to the actual communities, but we are going this December. Whether it is a monetary donation, medication or some empowering words to your colleagues, it will help save someone’s life.
I am reaching out to you because I know that there are a lot of good people out there that want to make a difference. I know for a fact that if you read it thus far, you are a good person. We are asking you to support our cause through your donation. Please go to https://fundraise.globalbrigades.org/empowered/chapter/oakland-university-medical-brigades-chapter/brigade/oakland-university-medical-december-2012-honduras and click on the “Donate” button on the right side of the page. If you follow the instructions on the web-page, you will automatically receive a tax receipt via e-mail recognizing your tax deductible donation. To donate by check or for more information, please send me an e-mail to nsorych@oakland.edu. I promise you that your donation will go a long way!
Kind regards,
Nadiya Sorych
Independent web analytics firm StatCounter confirms milestone as Chrome overtakes IE globally for first calendar month. People use IE at work, and Chrome at home as you can see from the 2 day distortions every 5 days on their website.
For the full month of May according to StatCounter data from over 15 billion page views, Chrome took 32.43% of the worldwide market compared to 32.12% for IE and 25.55% for Firefox.
Source: https://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-monthly-201105-201205
Using “Click Here” on a link can affect how users experience your interface.
“Click” Puts Too Much Focus on Mouse Mechanics
Using the word “click” on your links takes the user’s attention away from your interface and on to their mouse. Users know what a link is and how to use a mouse. It’s unnecessary to call attention to the mechanics when clicking a link. Doing so diminishes their experience of your interface because it momentarily takes their focus away from it. Instead of focusing on the interface and its content, “click here” diverts their attention to the user and their mouse. Not to mention, you can also make them feel dumb by suggesting that they don’t know what a link is or how to use a mouse.
Instead of using the word “click”, look for a different verb you can use that relates to the user’s task. There’s always a better and more relevant verb to use than “click”. “Click” makes users think of their mouse. But a task-related verb makes users think of their task. It keeps users engaged with the content and focused on using the interface, not their mouse.
“Here” Conceals What Users are Clicking
Some links don’t use the word “click”, but instead they use the word “here”. The problem with using “here” in a link is that it conceals what the user is clicking. You may have text around the link that explains what they’re clicking, but when users read the link itself they won’t have a clue. This means that users have to read the text all around the link to understand the context of the link. This impedes users from taking the quick and short route of clicking the link directly because they have to read the surrounding text first. If there’s a lot of text, this could slow users down a lot.
Not only that, but If you have multiple links that say “here”, “here” and “here”. the user is going to have trouble differentiating between each link. The user has to open each of them to see how they’re different. If they want to refer back to a particular source, they have to remember which “here” link it belongs to. This forces them to have to use recall over simple recognition. What you should do instead is label your links with something that describes what the user is clicking so that it makes different links easier to distinguish.
Read more and see examples at https://uxmovement.com/content/why-your-links-should-never-say-click-here//
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