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Five signs you need to read this paper: - You want to incorporate a Flash intro page into your site (or can’t bear to part ways with one!)
- You believe that people are going to patiently pore over your site, marveling at how you have crafted your content.
- If you are fond of saying: “Everybody knows us – just put our non-descript tagline on the home page as our introductory message”
- You hate drop-down menus and don’t want them on your site – ever.
- You believe that by adhering to a set of standard web practices, your site will look like everyone else’s
Introduction:
Over the last year or so, usability has become a big buzzword on the Internet. “Usable sites” have become a phrase that most people who are redesigning or considering redesigning their sites are used to hearing. On the surface, it is a concept that is easy to talk about, but difficult to define and act on. Many people in companies try to enforce their own personal tastes into this subject, resulting in sites that are no more usable that the previous iteration. The reasoning behind their approach is that THEY are the norm - everyone uses a site the way they do and therefore the site they build will be THE model of usability. But very few can define usability.
The problem is that unless you talk to people who actually build web sites professionally, it is very easy to create a cool-looking site that ... Download PDF >> Read HTML Version >> |