Making the Web Work
Designing Effective Web Applications
Résumé
- There are no other books that examine the effectiveness and benefits of having well designed and created web applications.
- Includes case studies that are well-known, global, and emphasize the points and theories discussed.
- Covers all aspects involved of creating the effective application in concise and easy to understand ways.
The purpose of Making The Web Work is to provide readers with a thorough understanding of the issues involved in designing the user experience for web-based applications. By definition, web-based applications are those web sites that create and maintain a one-to-one relationship with users, allowing them to edit and manipulate data over multiple sessions. The key issues covered are as follows: definition of web-based applications and the technical architecture required to create and deliver them, overview of what roles and responsibilities are typical of an effective design team, methodology for the design process, and detailed description of issues involved at each phase and level of design.
Contents
I. FOUNDATIONS.- Common Ground: Defining Web Applications and Establishing the Goals of Design.
- Putting the User First: Describing Target Users and Product Goals.
- Deconstructing the Problem: Prioritizing and Categorizing Different Aspects of an Interface.
- The ConceptualModel: Selecting a Fundamental Motif.
- The Structural Model: Understanding the Building Blocks of a Web Interface.
- The Organizational Model: Organizing and Structuring Content and Functionality.
- Viewing and Navigation: Creating Consistent Sorting, Filtering, and Navigation Behaviors.
- Editing and Manipulation: Using HTML Input Controls to Accurately Capture Users' Data.
- User Assistance: Communicating with Users Through Help, Status, and Alerts.
- Layout: Positioning Elements to Maximize Understanding and Readability.
- Style: Defining Visual Appearance.
- Text and Labels: Writing for the Web and Calling Things by Their Right Names.
- Amazon.com: Browsing the Aisles of the Web's Supreme Retailer.
- Ofoto: Looking at the Leading Online Photo Processor.
L'auteur - Bob Baxley
Bob Baxley has a broad range of design experiences
acquired during a 14-year career as a lead designer and
independent consultant for more than 20 organizations and
has led the design of user interfaces of consumer,
enterprise, and scientific applications across a range of
platforms and applications. He has worked as a senior
designer for Claris Coporation where he lead the design
teams for nearly all of Claris' desktop applications
including FileMaker pro, ClarisWorks 2.0 and MacDraw Pro.
He led design teams as an independent consultant for
companies such as Adobe Systems, Apple Computer,
Ameritrade, NetObjects, E.piphany, Fukitsu, Evolve
Software, Noosh, Illuminate, and Claris Corporation. The
last three years he has served as the Director of User
Experience for myCFO, Inc. where he oversees all aspects of
design and usability for the web site as well as a variety
of client facing and internal web-based applications.
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | New Riders |
| Auteur(s) | Bob Baxley |
| Parution | 15/11/2002 |
| Nb. de pages | 492 |
| Format | 18,5 x 23 |
| Couverture | Broché |
| Poids | 799g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9780735711969 |
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