Web Usability and Navigation

A Beginner's Guide

Merlyn Holmes

548 pages, parution le 18/02/2002

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Résumé

After its historic rise to prominence, Internet development is now maturing into a new phase that focuses on qualitative issues such as ease of navigation and usability. Beginning with an overview of this powerful medium, Web Usability & Navigation: A Beginner's Guide will help you define objectives for your site, organize content, and plan a user-friendly, navigable site. Easy-to-follow chapters lead you through the appropriate stages of planning and developing Web sites--including designing, testing, and making your site accessible to your intended audience. Regardless of your goals or skill level, this handy resource will help you improve all your Internet endeavors.

This Beginner's Guide is Designed for Easy Learning:

Modules-Each concept is divided into logical modules (chapters), ideal for individualized learning
Goals-Each module opens with the specific skills you'll have by the end of the module
Ask the Experts-Q&A sections throughout are filled with extra information and interesting commentary
1-Minute Drills-Quick self-assessment sections to check your progress
Projects-Exercises contained in each module show how to apply what you are learning
Mastery Checks-End-of-module reviews that test your knowledge using short-answer, multiple-choice, and fill-in-the-blank questions

Contents

Part I: Seeing Through the Users' Eyes

Chapter 1: You as a Preeminent User: Put on Your Usability Spectacles
Chapter 2: Swap Out Your Spectacles: Seeing from Other Perspectives
Chapter 3: Get to Know Your Users: Creating User Profiles
Chapter 4: Get to Know Your Users' Computer Constraints
Chapter 5: Know the Web Even Better Than Your Users Do

Part II: Designing Web Sites for Your Users

Chapter 6: Stick to a User-Centric Design Process
Chapter 7: Site Design, First Steps: Getting Users to Your Site
Chapter 8: Information Architecture: Organizing Your Web Site
Chapter 9: Navigation Design
Chapter 10: Site Design Usability Dilemmas
Chapter 11: Screen Design for Usability
Chapter 12: Preparing User-Friendly Content
Chapter 13: Case Studies: Analyzing Web Sites
Chapter 14: Testing, Testing
Chapter 15: Looking Ahead: Through the Users' Eyes

Part III: Appendices

Appendix A: Mastery Check Answers
Appendix B: Print and Web Resources
Appendix C: Web Site Functionality Testing
Appendix D: Web Site Usability Checklists

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Éditeur(s)	Mc Graw Hill
Auteur(s)	Merlyn Holmes
Parution	18/02/2002
Nb. de pages	548
Format	18,7 x 23,2
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1123g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780072192612