Improvement
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http://www.newark1.comThis is the last blog entry in this semster. I've learned a lot about web usability. Many of them are useful. When we search in the Google, there is a lot of resources about how to design a good web site. The reference is one of the samples. We should remember that a good design is come from prevention of bad design.
Good Design come from bad design
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http://www.ratz.com/features.htmlThe basic requirement of a good web design is to avoid bad design features. I think the objective of a web site is to express the information to its audience. So, I think the creative web design is the second priority. But we should avoid the bad features such as small text, low color contrast exist in the web site. No bad feature is already a good feature.
Usability vs Design
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http://searchenginewatch.com/awards/article.phpr/3309841http://www.creativelatitude.com/articles/articles_gee_usability.htmlhttp://www.google.com/press/awards.htmlIt is a interest debate that which one is better, usability or design? A site only has design but no content at all, will not attract the readers to come again. A site will just high usability and less design is bored. For example, google.com. Its design is simple but has a high usability. However, people use it just for searching. After search the right things, they won't stay anymore.
The conclusion of the author is just make a balance between usability and design. As people is not a human, they have emotion. They want a beautiful things.
Why usability is important
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http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030825.htmlI thinks this web page is quite interest since it shows why usability is important. For example, if the web site can't give a good image to the customer, the customers will you do business with the company. It suggests some improvement way, such as what the macromedia said, create a user profile.
The definition of web usabiility
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_usabilityHere I've found the definition of web usability from wikipedia blog. Although it is not explained deep enough, more methodologies are going to be available. We can take attention on it.
What is web usability
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http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/web-development/usability/The web site quotes some points about the importance of the web usability. For example, if the loading time of the web site is slow, most visitors will not come again. It also points out on how to improve the web usuability like "Improved consistency in navigation flows".
This is a short and easy understand web page. Hope you enjoy it.
The use of font
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FONT FACE considered harmful When we use a "beautiful" font type, we should deeply consider of it whther the reader has the font type. Since not all users are like us will be installed a lot of font type in the computer. So, we should use common font face like time new roman, arial etc. during develop the page. If we really want to use a special character like Greek character, I think we'd better to use picture instead. At least more readers can read it.
Free web site translation
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Free Translation web siteThe is pretty interest web site that can trnaslate your language of web site into another language version.
Sample:
My Chinese version blogAlthough it is not accurate enough, it is still useful if the web site did not have other language version and you want to read the web site like japanese web. It can translate the web page from Japanese to English.
