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innovation

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Web NavigationEugene Tiller & Phillip Green

AMS Center for Advanced Technologies

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Web User InterfacesPeople + goals = success

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The User ExperienceInformation complexity

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Web Users WantFast page downloads

Time in seconds

1 2 3 4 50

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Web Users WantEasy, quick navigation

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Web Users WantSatisfying, usable Web sites

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Web Navigation3 areas of study for Web navigation

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3 Areas of Study1. Site structure

2. Page navigation

3. Links and information

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Site StructureHigh-level

Tree-top view

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Site StructureBreak a large site into mini-sites (CNET)

News.com Builder.com Shareware.com

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Site StructureFewer vertical levels are better

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Site StructureStoryboards help us think clearly

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Site StructureThink simplicity

Combine rather than differentiate

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Page NavigationMost visitors won’t memorize your navigation

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Page NavigationVisitors don’t read, they scan for buzzwords

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Page NavigationVertical vs. horizontal navigation arguments don’t matter

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Page NavigationMore scrolling is better than more pages

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Page NavigationUse “within-a-page” anchors

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Page NavigationAsk “who am I?” on every page

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Links & InformationPush content (data) to the top of a Web site

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Links & InformationPush pivotal content to the top of each page

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Links & InformationEdit and edit again

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Links & InformationWhite space = good (marketing sites)

White space = bad (information sites)

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Links & InformationFollow page size guidelines

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Links & InformationColumns keep text lines short

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Links & InformationCell coloring “chunks” information

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Links & InformationGood color usage speeds navigation

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Links & InformationHigh content density is good

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Links & InformationContent links vs. category links

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Links & InformationUse 7-12 words in a content link

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Links & InformationInformation can be defined in many ways

Use redundant links

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