Web usability
Introduction
“Al Badre's book is about an everlasting truth--a truth that many people, many companies, many organizations have learned the hard way. That is, when designing technological systems for people to use, one must take into account the characteristics of the users, and the nature of the task, and the knowledge, experience, biases, strengths, and weaknesses that the users bring to the task. In the case at hand, the task is using the World Wide Web.”, James D. Foley, cited by informIT, retrieved 16:51, 18 November 2010 (CET))
The essence of a web usability structure, is according to Badre (2002:chapter 2):
- Where and under what conditions will the Web site be used?
- For what purpose will the site be used?
- Who will use the site (the target audience)?
- How will the site be used?
See also: usability (more general) web accessibility, HCI (human-computer interaction the most important academic displine dealing with usability).
Links
Introductions
- Sample chapters from Krug, Steve (2000). Don't Make Me Think!, First Edition,
- Sample chapter from Steve Krug, Don't Make Me Think!, Second Edition.
Bibliography
- Badre, Al (2002) Shaping Web usability—interaction design in context, Addison Wesley Professional, ISBN 0201729938.
- book preview by Jean Scholtz, Interactions Magazine, Volume 9 Issue 3, May 2002
- Safari online version
- Garret, Jesse James (2002), The Elements of USer Experience, User-Centered Design for the Web, New Riders Publishing. The book homepage, includes a free central diagram plus free chapter two.
- Horton, Sarah (2002). Access by Design, New Riders, ISBN 0-321-31140-X.
- Horton, Sarah (2005). Acces by Design online at Universal Usability: A universal design approach to web usability.
- Lynch, Patrick J. and Sarah Horton (2009), Web Style Guide, Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites, 3rd Edition, Yale University Press. ISBN 0300137370. (see also the free version)
- Lynch, Patrick J. and Sarah Horton (2009), Web Style Guide Online (Free).