Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Unit 3 Reading Response


Unit 3 Reading Response

Chapter 6. Street signs and Breadcrumbs: Designing navigation

Chapters 6 talked about the importance of begin able to easily find ones way around a web site and the different ways to help the user out. One of the first ways to help the user is by having the links legible and easy to understand. If one clicks on a food menu, you would expect to see a food menu not a contact page. The links need to have the proper information that relates to what is being informed by the link. Another way is having a good color system on the links. Once you click on a link, the color should change to show that one has already clicked on that link. If the color is the same then the user will more then likely forget what section they are on. Having a proper hierarchy will also help to guild the user.  Once they click on the link and it will open up to other selection under then link like a pyramid. With other links opening up under that link so the user can return to the home page if they need to without re-typing the URL address or if they can’t see the home button. Any of the above named styles will help to guile the user. A larger font size is good to have as well. The easier it is to read the better they know where they are.


Material related to reading

Web Design Navigation Showcases

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/web-design-navigation-showcases/

14 Guidelines For Web Site Tabs Usability


Flat vs. Deep Website Hierarchies

Improve the readability of your web page




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