Usability for the Web
Designing Web Sites that Work
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Every stage in the design of a new web site is an opportunity to meet or miss deadlines and budgetary goals. Every stage is an opportunity to boost or undercut the site's usability.Usability for the Web tells you how to design usable web sites in a systematic process applicable to almost any business need. You get practical advice on managing the project and incorporating usability principles from the project's inception. This systematic usability process for web design has been developed by the authors and proven again and again in their own successful businesses. A beacon in a sea of web design titles, this book treats web site usability as a preeminent, practical, and realizable business goal, not a buzzword or abstraction. The book is written for web designers and web project managers seeking a balance between usability goals and business concerns.
Key Features
- Examines the entire spectrum of usability issues, including architecture, navigation, graphical presentation, and page structure.
- Explains clearly the steps relevant to incorporating usability into every stage of the web development process, from requirements to tasks analysis, prototyping and mockups, to user testing, revision, and even postlaunch evaluations.
Readership
Web site designers and developers, web site project managers, usability specialists and information architects, user interface designers, and graphic designers.
Table of Contents
- Pervasive Usability
Chapter 1. Usability throughout the Design Process
Chapter 2. Target Audience and Target Platforms
Chapter 3. User Needs Analysis
Conceptual Design
Chapter 4. Task Analysis
Chapter 5. Information Architecture
Mockups and Prototypes
Chapter 6. Page Layout
Chapter 7. Envisioning Design
Production
Chapter 8. Writing for the Web
Chapter 9. Design Elements
Chapter 10. Usability in Software Development
Launch
Chapter 11. Pre-Launch and Post-Launch
Evaluation
Chapter 12. Usability Evalutation
Product details
- No. of pages: 496
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Morgan Kaufmann 2001
- Published: October 15, 2001
- Imprint: Morgan Kaufmann
- eBook ISBN: 9780080520315
About the Authors
Tom Brinck
Tom Brinck is chief usability officer at Diamond Bullet Design, a firm specializing in web site design and usability consulting. Tom has M.S. degrees in computer science and cognitive psychology from Stanford University and the University of Michigan. He has done user interface research at Apple Computer, Toshiba, and Bellcore and is currently an adjunct faculty member at University of Michigan's School of Information.
Affiliations and Expertise
Diamond Bullet Design, Ann Arbor, MI
Darren Gergle
Darren Gergle is a Ph.D. student in human-computer interaction at Carnegie Mellon University. Before beginning his graduate work, he was lead designer at Diamond Bullet Design.
Affiliations and Expertise
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Scott Wood
Scott D. Wood is a senior scientist at Soar Technology, an R&D company focused on cognitive modeling, AI, and information visualization. He has more than ten years experience in software development, e-business consulting, cognitive modeling, and HCI. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science and engineering from the University of Michigan.
Affiliations and Expertise
Soar Technology, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI