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Improving Web Design and Usability
Content
The Purpose of Web Design
Web Design According to Men
Web Design According to Women
Web Designed for Dating
Mystery of Colors
10 Most Common Usability Mistakes
The Purpose of Web Design
Emphasize the content
Make visitors feel good and suggest them to come again
Provide the information in comfortable way
Be unique
Branding
Web Design According to Men
Focused on target
Systematic
Analytical methods
Visual orientation
Concentration
Details are not important
Psychical dispositions
Web Design According to Men
Instant information
Facts
Photos, charts, blueprints
Gadgets
Entertainment
What is he expecting
Web Design According to Women
Focused on relationships
Empathy
Synthetic methods
Intuition
Experience
Details are very important
Psychical dispositions
Web Design According to Women
Friendly interface
Acceptance
Pictures, beautiful graphics
Easy to get informations
Fun and relaxation
What is she expecting
Web Designed for Dating
Meet the needs both of the man and the woman
Find the consensus
Attract people to join the service
Main goals
Mystery of Colors
Hot
Fire
Stop
Warning
Error
Aggression
Daring
In Russia, red means beautiful. The Bolsheviks used a red flag as their symbol when they overthrew the tsar in 1917. That is how red became the color of communism.
In India, red is the symbol for a soldier.
In South Africa, red is the color of mourning.
In China, red is the color of good luck and is used as a holiday and wedding color.
Fresh
Youthful
New
Envy
Jealousy
Inexperience
Fertility
In ancient Greece, green symbolized victory.
In the highlands of Scotland, people wore green as a mark of honor.
Green is the national color of Ireland.
Green means “go.” When “all systems are green,” it means everything is in order.
Peace
Water
Far distances
Relaxing
Male
Sadness
Cold
In China, blue is for little girls.
In Iran, blue is the color of mourning.
The pharaohs of ancient Egypt wore blue for protection against evil.
In ancient Rome, public servants wore blue. Today, police and other public servants wear blue.
Happy
Sunny
Cheerful
Caution
Slow down
Selfishness
Provoking
In Egypt and Burma, yellow signifies mourning.
In India, yellow is the symbol for a merchant or farmer
In tenth-century France, the doors of traitors and criminals were painted yellow. Also in the Middle Ages, actors portraying the dead in a play wore yellow
Yellow has good visibility and is often used as a color of warning. It is also a symbol for quarantine, an area marked off because of danger.
Mystery of Colors: Conclusion
Colors can highlight emotions
The same colors could have different meanings in diverse cultural backgrounds
Think about aiming
Use colors wisely, emphasize the relevant content
Every page must provide the same information even when is switched to black&white (printed page)
10 Most Common Usability Mistakes
When the website is not leading to the expected results, something is wrong.
Maybe you feel you have to do something with the webdesign. But you don´t know what.
Let´s point out at least the 10 most common webdesign and usability mistakes.
1. Insufficient Page Name
Problem:
The title (or name) of the page brings no information about purpose and main goals of the website. Visitors could be confused.
10 Most Common Usability Mistakes
Solution:Append short watchword or small caption. It would be best on the top of the Homepage.
2. The Value of the Website is Hidden
Problem:
Visitors can´t find the answers for the following questions: What is the most important thing on the website? What is the biggest strength of its service?
10 Most Common Usability Mistakes
Solution:Put on the homepage short introduction about the website. Highlight your benefits.
3. Inconsistent Navigation
Problem:
Page navigation is different page by page. Navigation menu is changing its placement. Items are disappearing.
10 Most Common Usability Mistakes
Solution:Place the navigation bar (or column) at the same position. Follow the hierarchy.
4. The Graphics is Misguiding
Problem:
The graphic layout does not correspond with the idea of the website. You feel strange about the topic when you are visiting the pages.
10 Most Common Usability Mistakes
Solution:Look at the other websites with the similar content. Think about the common factors and, of course, about your visitors.
5. Page Layout is not Well Styled
Problem:
Page elements are not aligned. There is a big amount of unused space.
10 Most Common Usability Mistakes
Solution:Align page elements. Be consistent. Put most important informations at top of page.
6. Bad Indication of Links
Problem:
Links on the page are not clearly indicated. They don´t use text descriptions.
10 Most Common Usability Mistakes
Solution:Underline the links. Give a text-description notice when the link is external.
7. Too Many Tasks
Problem:
There are too many things to do at the Homepage. We don´t know what is more important.
10 Most Common Usability Mistakes
Solution:Don´t have more than 4 main tasks (things visitor can do) at the homepage. Reduce the possibility of choice to basic operations.
8. Visuals Are Not Reaching the Culture
Problem:
Photography and other graphics are not following the audience culture background which is the website focused on.
10 Most Common Usability Mistakes
Solution:Use the graphics according the propositions of the audience. What is routine in Africa could be very strange in Europe.
9. Technology Designate the Visitors
Problem:
To view the page correctly visitors must install latest plug-ins and other add-ons from the internet. Many of them will not do that.
10 Most Common Usability Mistakes
Solution:Build the website from the user perspective. Besides the modern technology leave also enough space for users not so friendly with the hourly updates. Presentation must be viewable on older browsers too.
10. Web Design For Effect
Problem:
You have cool website reflecting the latest trends in design, but users don´t understand it.
10 Most Common Usability Mistakes
Solution:Webdesign have to be fine, but more important is, if it is also user friendly.