Shaping Web Usability

Interaction Design in Context

Albert N. Badre

276 pages, parution le 05/03/2002

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Résumé

All successful computer applications have one thing in common: They are designed with the user in mind. Author Al Badre has for years contributed to the ideas and methods needed to make any computer application fully usable. In Shaping Web Usability, he adapts and applies this firmly rooted knowledge and practice specifically to the Web.

Badre recognizes that Web sites comprise a unique application, where designers face a host of complex issues, including dynamic content, a broad and diverse audience, multiple entry points, intolerance of steep learning curves, and one-click abandonment. And with the arrival of handheld devices, Web designers confront additional difficult issues. Offering a structured approach to Web usability, Shaping Web Usability describes several contexts in which each site must be viewed, from the genre to which it belongs to the individual page. The book then provides a concrete methodology for designing a site effectively for the convenience, practicality, and pleasure of its users.

Inside, Web designers will find useful information on such topics as:

Links, buttons,site maps, and indexes for smooth site navigation
Keywords and site search engines
Effective design of home, content, and transaction pages
Achieving a balance between Web usability and impressive graphics
Retrofitting Web pages for small-screen and mobile devices
Addressing users' information-processing limits
Designing Web sites for older adults
Addressing the international cultural context of the Web
Specific guidelines to support design excellence
Using an iterative design process with continuous testing to
maximize Web usability
Constructing storyboards and interactive prototypes
Conducting task analysis to discover the sequence of events visitors use to reach their goals

Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments

1 Human Computer Interaction for the Web 1
2 Web Usability Strategy 13
3 The Web Environment 37
4 The Web User, Part 1: The Audience 67
5 The Web User, Part 2: Older Adults 91
6 Designing for Web Genres 109
7 The Web Site 127
8 The Web Page 147
9 The Aesthetic Factor 173
10 From Desktops to Handhelds 189
11 The Cultural Context 213
12 Evaluating Web Usability 229

Bibliography 249
Index

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Addison Wesley
Auteur(s)	Albert N. Badre
Parution	05/03/2002
Nb. de pages	276
Format	18,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	656g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780201729931
ISBN13	978-0-201-72993-1