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Web Design & Usability
Web design and usability issues are critical considerations if you are building or specifying a website. Navigation, clarity, download speed and colours are all important. So is making your web site accessible to people with disabilities.
on this page have been selected to cover a wide range of design and usability
to Web Design and Usability Sites
- Guidelines written for webmasters, communicators and marketers to
assist with website design for maximum usability for seniors and older
- The place to find out how to make your web site viewable, usable and
informative for the majority of your visitors. Their web page viewer
allows you to see your page as it might be seen by visitors with different
- Online testing of your site to see if it meets the Web Content Accessibility
Blooper - Showcases examples of poor web interface design from real
web sites. The aim is to teach good (user-centered) design by showing
what not to do.
- Provides design and usability information and advice on how to convert
browsers into buyers and keep them, analysis and trends. Free fortnightly
of the GUIguy® - GUI Design and Usability consulting for Windows
applications and Web sites. Classes and seminars available emphasizing
usability, GUI design, web site design.
Style Issues - Alan Flavell discusses HTML usability and provides
links to many style and usability sites.
101 - A simple, understandable navigation scheme is a critical aspect
of site design and has a direct effect on the bottom line.
National Institute for the Blind: Hints for designing accessible websites
- A guide to some of the basic issues to consider in order to create
web pages which are accessible to everyone.
4 Nothing Web Pages - Tips for building pages which are visually
pleasing, and yet still download quickly and make information easy to
access. From Webdeveloper.com.
- An educational and commentary site for anyone interested in the improvement
of customer experience and usability on the Web.
Style Guide for Those With No Style - Crafting A Nifty Personal
Web Site: Basic tips on building web pages. Especially useful is the
section on "How Not To Be Annoying", (aka Make It Usable!).
Things to Do to Make a Better Site - List of several (actually,
eight) ways to make a more user-friendly site. Also has other reader
comments on the same topic.
Web - Collection of links and accompanying information about
human factors, user interface issues, and usable design specific to
the World Wide Web.
- Jakob Nielsen shares his thoughts on usability.
Pages That Suck - Learn good web page design by looking at bad web