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Devilish Details: Best Practices in Web Design |
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Larry L. Constantine |
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Abstract: Visual and interaction
design for successful e-commerce Web sites and Web-based applications
requires meticulous attention to detail. Because the smallest matters can
ruin the user experience, an orderly process—such as usage-centered design—
guided by robust principles is needed; iterative testing and repetitive
redesign is inadequate to find and address all the diverse matters needing
attention. This paper reviews basic principles and then surveys best
practices in the detailed aspects of Web design in three broad areas:
details of architecture or organization, details of interaction design, and
details relating to commercial activity, especially shopping. Specific
recommendations in each area are offered as examples of best practices based
on usage-centered principles. |
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Keywords: Web applications,
e-commerce, visual and interaction design, user interface design,
usage-centered design |
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Reprint of chapter from L. Constantine
(ed), forUSE 2002 Proceedings of the First International Conference on
Usage-Centered, Task-Centered, and Performance-Centered Design.
Rowley, MA: Ampersand Press, 2002. For more details and to order,
click here. |
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