Jonathan Lazar
Towson University
Introduction
Challenges of Designing for This Environment
An Unpredictable, Distributed Network
Browser Incompatibility
Generations of Web Browsers
Usability of Web Sites
Navigation Design
Information Architecture
Download Time
Accessibility to Those With Disabilities
Internationalization
Use of Graphics and Animation
How Users Find A Web Site
Development Methodologies for the Web
Usability Testing and Evaluation of Web Sites
Usability Testing Over the Web
Usability Guidelines for the Web
Automated Usability Testing
Evaluation Surveys for Web Sites
Other Methods of Web Site Evaluation
Current Research
Summary
References
Figure 36.1: A first-generation text browser, Lynx.
Figure 36.2: A second-generation graphical web browser.
Figure 36.3: An example of sectional navigation.
Figure 36.4: Graphical navigation that has not loaded yet.
Figure 36.5: Navigation that is hard for the user to find.
Figure 36.6: A Web site that requires a plug-in application and does not provide any alternatives or instructions to the user, and is therefore not universally usable.
Figure 36.7: Links to many localized Web sites for different languages and cultures.
Figure 36.8: BOBBY, an automated usability testing tool.