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Designing Web Navigation

by James Kalbach
August 2007
Beginner
416 pages
12h 16m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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QUESTIONS

  1. To simulate the importance of target size, try this: if you're right-handed, use your left hand to operate the mouse; if you're left-handed, use your right hand. Then attempt to navigate through your favorite site. What problems do you have? What would have made user experience in using the site easier?

  2. Sketch icons for the following terms commonly found on web sites:

    1. Jobs

    2. Site map

    3. Privacy Policy

    4. Help

    5. Home

    6. Products

    7. Services

    8. Support

    Which were more difficult than others? Why?

  3. Color and text are intertwined. The left and right hemispheres of the brain see different information: the left processes the color, while the right wants to parse the text. To demonstrate this, read the table of colors in Figure 10-21 out loud, but say the color of the text and not the word.

    Color and text are closely related

    Figure 10-21. Color and text are closely related

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