Annoying Websites:
- Popups
- Visuals not practical
- Not enough contrast
- Accessibility
- Misleading
- Auto play videos
- Heavy
- Re-directions
- http://www.libertyvan.com/ or http://www.libertyvan.com/home/
- www.constellation7.org/Constellation-Seven/Josiah/Index.htm
What makes a Good Website?
- Minimal scrolling
- Page layout should be consistent
- Effective color + style to the purpose of website
- Consistent fonts
- Icons & thumbnails small (quick to download)
- Needs to be cross-compatible with browsers and operating systems
Interface Design
- Useable
- clearly labelled
- consistent design and layout
- uses conventions (how things are actually done)
- touch zones (mobile ready sites)
- Accessibility
- WC3 (guidelines)
- Tolerance
- cope with user error
- Legible
- contrasting colours
- fonts that work on the screen
- Visibility
- white space and the F shape where readers eyes lie
- Consistency
- predictable navigation - each page needs to have consistency of design
- Affordance
- the in-build clues as to how the interface is to be used (why we avoid using underline on web pages - confuses users - thinking its a link)
- designer tells the user what to do with instinctive/intuitive object and design elements such as text boxes, links, buttons, etc.
- Skeuomorphism
- a design principle where you take design elements from the real physical world and put them into an interface.
Principles of Design Appearance
- Alignment
- Repetition
- Font Selection
- Contrast
- Space
- Balance
- Proportion
- Orientation
Extra's
Serif - the legs or links between letters; groups the letters to make it easier to read on paper but more difficult on screen.
Sans Serif - makes it easier to read on screen; sans = without.
~Rahul
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