Google Analytics: 126 visits, 248 pageviews
Webalizer: 749 visits, 2169 pageviews

On the same day! How can this be? I read about Webalizer being unreliable due to the fact a visitor can visit from multiple IP’s (proxy) but can that explain this big of a difference? On the other hand I read about GA being unreliably due to the fact it can only track visitors with JavaScript enabled.. but how many people these days don’t have JavaScript?

Neuro Web Design is a very easy to read psychology book which deals with questions like: Why do people decide to buy a product online? and Why do they trust the information a website provides? The book describes how the human brain works and how information and design is stored in our brain. It teaches you how to get peoples attention on a website without them even knowing you’re doing it. This book is really interesting when you want to know how the unconscious brain works and how you can activate it. After you read this book you know how to design a website which will attract the attention of people because you triggered that unconscious part.

Quote from the website of the book on which I totally agree: “You will learn the unconscious reasons for people’s actions, how emotions affect decisions, and how to apply the principles of persuasion to design web sites that encourage users to click. Neuro Web Design is scientific, yet you’ll find it accessible and easy to read”

I suggest you just read the book. You can finish it in half a day and you’ll be surprised by the content and how easy it is to implement these things.

#1: Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug

Wonderful book, a must read for everyone in web design. The book covers most of the usability fields and is plain and simple to read. Steve uses mostly common sense to argue usability problems and gives you a fresh look on things. I suggest you read this book when you’re new on usability or you just want a book that’s easy written with some humour along the way. Steve’s tips are really useful in everyday’s work!

201 pages, 2005

I rate this book 5/5

#2: Web Usability Handbook by Mark Pearrow

This book is much more detailed than Steve’s and therefore a lot harder to read. Mark goes into detail about every step in the usability process, from basic usability facts to a detailed plan on how to setup a testinglab. This book is definitely useful when you want to do some usability testing yourself, but with a decent (big) budget. The book is complete but also rough to get through.

352 pages, 2006

I rate this book 4/5

To use this 301 header just add the following to your htaccess file:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# REDIRECT BEGIN
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^blog\.emaux\.nl [nc]
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.typo3-addict.com/$1 [R=301,L]
# REDIRECT END
</IfModule>

var clear="clear.gif" //path to clear.gif

pngfix=function() {
	var els=document.getElementsByTagName('*');var ip=/.png/i;var i=els.length;while(i-- >0){
		var el=els[i];
		var es=el.style;
		if(el.src&&el.src.match(ip)&&es.filter==''){
			es.height=el.height;
			es.width=el.width;
			es.filter="progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='"+el.src+"',sizingMethod='crop')";
			// el.src="javascript:'#define x_width 1n#define x_height 1nstatic char x_bits[]={0x00}'"; !!!THIS IS THE PROBLEM MAKER!!!
			el.src="clear.gif"; //this is the changed line that caused the error to dissapear
		}
		else{
			var elb=el.currentStyle.backgroundImage;
			if(elb.match(ip)){
				var path=elb.split('"');
				var rep=(el.currentStyle.backgroundRepeat=='no-repeat')?'crop':'scale';
				es.filter="progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='"+path[1]+"',sizingMethod='"+rep+"')";
				es.height=el.clientHeight+'px';
				es.backgroundImage='none';
				var elkids=el.getElementsByTagName('*');
				if (elkids){
					var j=elkids.length;es.position='static';
					while (j-- >0)if(!elkids[j].style.position)elkids[j].style.position="relative";
				}
			}
		}
	}
}
window.attachEvent('onload',pngfix);

Most of all thanks to Unit Interactive for making this fix!