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Making Usable Websites

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Introduction
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Print Vs. Web
A comparison
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Reading on the Web
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Writing for the Web
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Color Usage
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Heuristics and Metrics
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Things to avoid
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Conclusions

Related Links

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Jakob Nielsen's Website
Usable Information Technology
2.
WebDesignClinicA good resource site
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Customer in sites.Customer friendly sites.
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Design better Web Sites
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Collection of ResourcesFor Web Designers
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Global TrendsProvides stats for different items related to WEB
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Counter for your WEB Site
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Web Authoring Resources To assist you.
Making Usable Websites:

Things to avoid

  • Visible counters
  • Animated GIFs
  • Free hosting
  • Long pages
  • Scrolling text, marquees and animations
  • Complex URLs
  • Orphan Pages
  • Non standard link colors
  • Long download times
  • Frames
  • Fixed width tables
  • Distracting motion
  • Unhelpful search
  • Ambiguous links



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