The new Obamacare website, HealthCare.gov, has been getting much media attention over the past few weeks due to flaws in the user experience after its launch. Heavy traffic, network problems, and design flaws have hampered users from shopping for health insurance. Many agree that the new website presents a fragmented user-experience, which was not tested properly before...
If you ask most Web developers about Section 508 they will respond with something about their site being accessible to the blind. Most people don’t realize that 508-accessibility is not just about making Web sites accessible to the blind. Section 508 is about removing barriers and making Web site information accessible and usable to all.
Aesthetics alter a user’s perception of a website, which can evoke a wide range of emotions and attitudes. These emotions and perceptions impact the user’s attitude towards the website’s content, advertised products, company, credibility and site usability. The design and presentation of a website is strongly visual, and users are known to make judgments of...
As many of you well know, designing a web site can be very difficult. Part of that difficulty is in creating an information architecture that represents your content organization and labeling the links to make that content easy to find.
User-Centered Design User-centered design (UCD) is an approach for employing usability. It is a structured product development methodology that involves users throughout all stages of Web site development, in order to create a Web site that meets users’ needs. This approach considers an organization’s business objectives and the user’s needs, limitations, and preferences.