Topic: Principles Of Effective Web Design (Read 613 times)

mandy · « **on:** February 06, 2008, 05:56:14 AM »

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Usability and the utility, not the visual design, determine the success or failure of a web-site. Since the visitor of the page is the only person who clicks the mouse and therefore decides everything, user-centric design has established as a standard approach for successful and profit-oriented web design. After all, if users can’t use a feature, it might as well not exist.

We aren’t going to discuss the implementation details (e.g. where the search box should be placed) as it has already been done in a number of articles; instead we focus on the main principles, heuristics and approaches for effective web design — approaches which, used properly, can lead to more sophisticated design decisions and simplify the process of perceiving presented information...

full article: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/31/10-principles-of-effective-web-design/

BellisimaJ. · « **Reply #1 on:** February 06, 2008, 01:34:41 PM »

Great article, Mandy.

I think that has to be the best article I've read on usability/design.

mandy · « **Reply #2 on:** April 29, 2008, 05:33:10 AM »

5 more principles of effective website design:

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This article highlights 5 further principles, heuristics and approaches for effective web design — approaches which, used properly, can lead to more sophisticated design decisions and simplify the process of perceiving presented information...

full article: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/04/24/5-more-principles-of-effective-web-design/

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