Interface Critique
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Presented by Blanca Polo
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• Present the Web-based interface selected.
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• Introduce the set of interface evaluation criteria to evaluate the interface
Eight golden rules of interface design
Top 10 guidelines for homepage usability
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• The potential community of users of the system.
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• Tasks that may be performed by these users
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• Testing the interface by emulating the tasks that are routine for that interface.
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Conclusions
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• Questions and Comments
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Selection of an Information System Selection of an Information System InterfaceInterface
Hawaii Business College Web Site
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The evaluation CriteriaThe evaluation Criteria
First time impression
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The evaluation criteriaThe evaluation criteria
• the Top 10 guidelines for homepage usability
(http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20020512.html ).
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The evaluation criteriaThe evaluation criteria
• “The eight golden rules of
interface design” from
Shneiderman
Pages 74 and 75
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First time impressionsFirst time impressions
• Loading Time
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First time impressionsFirst time impressions
• Loading Time• Intro
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First time impressionsFirst time impressions
• When the page loads it makes a freaky sound...
• Loading Time• Intro
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First time impressionsFirst time impressions
Click and you shall find...
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Top Ten guidelines for Top Ten guidelines for homepage usabilityhomepage usability
• Use Visual Use Visual Design to Design to Enhance, not Enhance, not Define, Define, Interaction Interaction DesignDesign
• Help Users Help Users Find What Find What They NeedThey Need
• Reveal Reveal Site Site ContentContent
• Make the Site's Make the Site's Purpose Clear: Purpose Clear: Explain Who Explain Who You Are and You Are and What You DoWhat You Do
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Make the Site's Purpose Clear: Make the Site's Purpose Clear:
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Help Users Find What They NeedHelp Users Find What They Need
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Reveal Site ContentReveal Site Content
Begin Link Names with the Most Important Keyword
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Use Visual Design to Enhance, not Define, Use Visual Design to Enhance, not Define, Interaction DesignInteraction Design
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Eight Golden rules of Eight Golden rules of Interface DesignInterface Design
Strive for consistency
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Strive for consistencyEnable frequent users to use shortcuts
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Strive for consistencyEnable frequent users to use
shortcutsOffer informative feedback
No feedback
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Design dialogs to yield closureOffer error prevention and simple
error handlingPermit easy reversal of actions
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Support internal locus of controlReduce short term memory load
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Reduce short term memory load
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Potential UsersPotential Users
• Potential students (applicants)• Potential Faculty• Potential Staff
• HBC students• HBC Faculty• HBC staff
HBC
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Potential StudentsPotential Students
•Finding a program to study•How to enroll•Financial Aid
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In search for a courseIn search for a course
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Travel and Tourism...Travel and Tourism...
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Bad use of screen real estateBad use of screen real estate
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How do I enroll?How do I enroll?
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What about Financial What about Financial Aid?Aid?
From the main page…..
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What about Financial What about Financial Aid?Aid?
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Faculty and StaffFaculty and Staff
I need a job
Mr. HBC
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Potential Faculty / StaffPotential Faculty / StaffSearching for a job...
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The ProblemsThe Problems
• There should be no intro• Overuse of graphics• Mystery Meat menus• Bad use of screen real estate• Lack of feedback to the user
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Quick suggestions...Quick suggestions...
• Skip the intro by default • Get rid of the left-side mystery meat
menu• Rename the “Resource” button to
“Financial Aid”• Show the information in a tree structure• Do not use applets or Javascript
(TECHNICAL)
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ConclusionsConclusions
• Annoying web site. Not a good college to learn how to do web design.
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QuestionsQuestions