Archive for October, 2008

Puzzle Pieces of Smart User-Centered Design

October 20, 2008

three Es for user-centered web designThe goal is to provide for the needs of all your potential users, adapting Web technology to their expectations and never requiring readers to conform to an interface that places unnecessary obstacles in their paths. – Web Style Guide

The question is, how should someone go about reaching a goal that seems so daunting to the inexperienced web person? Consider our every day interactions with various web sites that we frequent. Better yet, open a new window, visit a web site that you don’t frequent, and browse around for a minute or so. Can you browse at the same speed and ease as your favorite web site? If so, then that web site has succeeded in designing a well-planned user interface. If not, then this article aims to cover a few specific reasons why you had some troubles. And it’s not your fault; it’s the designer’s.

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