| HOMEPAGE USABILITY SOLUTIONS |
A site’s homepage is creates the user’s first impression.
It must be “digestable” by the user in one to two
minutes. This is the most valuable “real estate”
a client will own on the Internet and must be developed carefully,
understanding the user’s expectations of the homepage.
- Appropriate Artistic Design
- Properly Worded Menu Categories
- Appropriate Number of Menu Categories and Submenus
- Clear and Direct in Content
- Function Must Be Integrated w/Design and Content
- Integrated Menu Functions
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| DESIGN USABILITY SOLUTIONS |
Website design includes both the “look and feel”
and how the site functions. Both must serve the objectives
of the site and compliment the content and use. Flash and
Java for the sake of using flash or java does not a good website
make.
- Defining Clearly the Purpose/s of the Site
- Integrating Client’s Branding and the Site’s
Content and Uses w/Site’s Look and Feel
- Site Function That Makes Sense for the Uses of the Site:
Making the Right Decisions
About Flash, Java, and other high graphic functions
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| ARCHITECTURE USABILITY SOLUTIONS |
How a site is organized is critical to the user’s
ability to use the site; how site architecture is shown to
the user is equally critical. A user’s repeat use of
a website if often determined by these factors.
- Clearly Defined Website Uses and Content
- User Intuitive Site Organization
- Simple/Minimal Menu and Submenu Construction
- Understandable Menu Wording
- Integrated Menu Functions
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| CONTENT USABILITY SOLUTIONS |
Content is almost always left to the client and simply
supplied to the website developer for “posting.”
Web-Zealot.com assists the client with this critical website
component.
- Text Formatting for Easy, Fast Reading
- Appropriate Use of Animation/Graphics
- Plain Language, Understandable to Site User
- Text that Support Users Interactive Use of the Site
- Easy to Update for Client and User
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