Usability 101: Introduction To Usability. Usability Principles & Techniques. UX Design Principles Articles. UX – Learn UX, Content Strategy & More. UX Design Archives. Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes. The Rise Of The Subsite. Topics Author Recent Articles Popular Articles Subscribe to: Web users need structure to make sense of the many and varied information spaces they navigate. Single pages are obviously not sufficient as a structuring mechanism, and from the early days of the Web, I have advocated an emphasis on the site as an additional fundamental stucturing unit. Explicit recognition of the site as a structuring mechanism is important for Web usability, but most websites are much too large for the site level to provide the only structure.
< span class="simulatedlink" style="color: blue">BigCoWeb ->< span class="simulatedlink" style="color: blue"> Sales -> European Region -> Sweden -> Stockholm Office Each of the elements in the hierarchy list should be made a hyperlink to the appropriate top page for that level of the hierarchy. For information spaces that cannot easily be hierarchically structured, the subsite can be used as a helpful additional structuring mechanism. Writing Hyperlinks: Salient, Descriptive, Start with Keyword. Site Map Usability. Breadcrumb Navigation Increasingly Useful. F-Shaped Pattern For Reading Web Content.
Research On Web Use, Demographics, Visitors Expectations. Mental Models & User Experience Design. Usability Toolkit. Usability Web Sites & Other Resources. Calendars InformationDesign.org events listings - a good blog that keeps up with announcements, calls for papers and other announcements STC Technical Communications Conferences - this listing includes STC regional conferences and other related associations Bay Area Chapter of ACM SIGCHI - lists events in the Bay Area UXnet events listings - UXnet is building a common calendar for user-experience events around the world General Usability Sites Usability.gov - Great resources and research-based design guidelines from the National Cancer Institute UsabilityNet - A resource collection, with emphasis on methods, making the case for usability and business issues Usable Web - an indexed collection maintained by Keith Instone Usability News.com - news and articles from the British HCI group WebWord - articles and commentary UseIt - Jakob Nielsen's site with articles and commentary Information Design - compilations of good articles in the field, by date and category.
Sites in Languages other than English. Usability Resources: Information & Design. Usability Resources: Other Websites & Organizations. STC Usability SIG This web site from the Society for Technical Communication is a popular portal with several strong collections of resources: Topics in Usability is a collection of annotated links on topics from card sorting to readability research. Usability Labs and Recruiting is a list of rental labs and recruiting firms, organized by their location. The Usability Toolkit contains templates, forms and samples for all aspects of usability testing. UsabilityNet This is the web site of a project funded by the European Union to promote usability and user-centered design. The Tools and Methods section includes an interactive tool to select appropriate methods for a project. Usability.gov This resource for designing "usable, useful and accessible Web sites and user interfaces" is a project of the National Cancer Institute.
Usability Basics is an excellent starting point for the 'what and why' of usability. Other popular usability portals are listed below. Usability HCI and Human Factors. InfoDesign Portal: Info Design Resources. Usable Web Resource Links. Usable Web Index - 786 Links About Web Usability. How To Organize Content - Card Sorting. Web Style: Step-By-Step Organizing Content. Avoid Category Names That Suck. Writing Hyperlinks: Salient, Descriptive, Start with Keyword. Guidelines For Visualizing Links. Flat vs. Deep Website Hierarchies. Four Dangerous Navigation Approaches that Can Increase Cognitive Strain. Usability. Web page usability & SEO (Search Engine Optimization)