Category: Web Usability
The Web Page Width Dilemma
With so many different resolutions (800×600, 1024×768, etc.), browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.), and platforms (Windows, Mac, Mobile ,etc.) in use, it is very difficult to design a page that looks good (or at least looks the same) in all … Continue reading
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User-Friendly Confirmation Pages
Including a form on your Web site is the best way to get feedback from your visitors. You can have a form to gather your visitors’ email address so that they can subscribe to your ezine. Or you can have … Continue reading
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Usability and Design – Top 10 Ways Websites Make Me Suffer
I believe some people create and publish websites for the sole purpose of tormenting their visitors. Browsing various websites and navigating the Web can often be like trying to read on an airplane while a kid kicks the back of … Continue reading
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Reduce Visual Clutter to Improve Usability
I’ve noticed a disturbing trend in Web design over the last couple of years. Web pages—especially home pages—are getting bigger as designers pack increasing quantities of information into each page. Previously, a home page might contain a logo and tag … Continue reading
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Creating Printer-Friendly Web Pages using CSS
What’s the best way to create a “printer friendly” version of a Web page? Cascading Style Sheets (css) of course! Style sheets can control which parts of the page will print while excluding others. Using CSS you can hide the … Continue reading
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Website Navigation Tips
The Shopping Mall Analogy Your Web site’s navigation tools and techniques should basically give users the answer to three questions: Where am I? Where have I been? Where can I go? To better explain how to answer those questions we … Continue reading
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How to Improve Your Websites Usability
Web usability is perhaps the most important factor in any web design. This is the driving factor that keeps your visitors coming back to your Web site. Given below are a few points that you need to consider to increase … Continue reading
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The Importance of a Good Page Title
Many web designers focus just on the actual look and feel of a page and dismiss seemingly minor details like the page title. However, a good title can, in just a few words, tell your visitors what they can expect … Continue reading
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Making a Site More Usable with Consistency
Give me something familiar: Have you ever visited a Web site, clicked on a link and wondered, “Am I still in the same site?” Your Web site should maintain a general look and feel. People are use to this; don’t … Continue reading
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Adding Search Funtionality To Your Site
Having your very own search engine for your site will enable your visitors to quickly and easily find just what they are looking for, without having to navigate through numerous menus or wade through long lists of options. Your users … Continue reading
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