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Web Bloopers: 60 Common Web Design Mistakes, and How to Avoid Them (Interactive Technologies)

ISBN: 1558608400
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2002
Pages: 128

Authors: Jeff Johnson

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• Table of Contents
• BackCover
• Web Bloopers-60 Common Web Design Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Poor Usability Is Stifling the Web s Growth
• Why Write about Bloopers?
• What Is a Web Blooper?
• All Websites Have Bloopers
• Who Should Read Web Bloopers?
• Origins of the Web
• Rise of the Web: Everybody Who Creates a Website is a Designer
• How Were the Bloopers Compiled?
• How Is the Book Organized?
• Web-Bloopers.com
• Part 1: Bloopers in the Content and Functionality of the Website
• Chapter 1: Content Bloopers
• Blooper 1: Home Page Identity Crisis
• Blooper 2: Confusing Classifications
• Blooper 3: Unhelpful Descriptions
• Blooper 4: Conflicting Content
• Blooper 5: Outdated Content
• Blooper 6: Missing or Useless Content
• Blooper 7: Unfinished Content
• Chapter 2: Task-Support Bloopers
• Blooper 8: Redundant Requests
• Blooper 9: Requiring Unneeded Data
• Blooper 10: Pointless Choice
• Blooper 11: Omitting Important Options
• Blooper 12: Clueless Back-end
• Blooper 13: Dead-end Paths: Now You Tell Me
• Blooper 14: Agonizing Task Flow
• Part 2: Bloopers in the User Interface of the Website
• Chapter 3: Navigation Bloopers
• Blooper 15: Site Reflects Organizational Chart
• Blooper 16: Numerous Navigation Schemes
• Blooper 17: Deceptive Duplicate Links
• Blooper 18: Not Linking Directly
• Blooper 19: Lost in Space: Current Page Not Indicated
• Blooper 20: The Circle Game: Active Link to Here
• Blooper 21: Missing Links: It s Back or Nothing
• Chapter 4: Form Bloopers
• Blooper 22: Making People Type
• Blooper 23: Intolerant Data Fields
• Blooper 24: No Defaults
• Blooper 25: Faulty Defaults
• Blooper 26: Compulsory Clicking: No Default Text Input Focus
• Blooper 27: Lame Label Placement
• Blooper 28: Checkboxes or Radiobuttons
• Blooper 29: Looks Editable but Isn t
• Blooper 30: Mysterious Controls
• Chapter 5: Search Bloopers
• Blooper 31: Baffling Search Controls
• Blooper 32: Dueling Search Controls
• Blooper 33: Hits Look Alike
• Blooper 34: Duplicate Hits
• Blooper 35: Search Myopia: Missing Relevant Items
• Blooper 36: Needle in a Haystack: Piles of Irrelevant Hits
• Blooper 37: Hits Sorted Uselessly
• Blooper 38: Crazy Search Behavior
• Blooper 39: Search Terms Not Shown
• Blooper 40: Number of Hits Not Revealed
• Part 3: Bloopers in the Presentation of the Website
• Chapter 6: Text Writing Bloopers
• Blooper 41: Too Much Text
• Blooper 42: Speaking Geek
• Blooper 43: Calling Site Visitors User
• Blooper 44: Insider Jargon
• Blooper 45: Variable Vocabulary: Different Words for the Same Thing
• Blooper 46: Inconsistent Style
• Blooper 47: Typos and Grammos: Sloppy Writing
• Chapter 7: Link Appearance Bloopers
• Blooper 49: Non-Links Look Like Links
• Blooper 50: Bizarre Buttons: Click Target Smaller than It Seems
• Blooper 51: Wrapped Links: How Many?
• Blooper 52: Click Here : Burying Links in Text
• Blooper 53: Been There, Done That? Can t Tell
• Blooper 52: Click Here : Burying Links in Text
• Blooper 53: Been There, Done That? Can t Tell
• Chapter 8: Graphic and Layout Bloopers
• Blooper 54: Tiny Text
• Blooper 55: Camouflaged Text
• Blooper 56: Centering Everything
• Blooper 57: Unobtrusive Error Messages
• Blooper 58: Shades of Beige: Color Differences too Subtle
• Blooper 59: Dead or Alive: Active Buttons Look Inactive
• Blooper 60: Terrible Tabs
• Epilogue
• Appendix A: Memo to Managers
• Trying to Slap a Usable User Interface On at the End
• Releasing without Testing on Users
• Appendix B: Websites Cited
• Sites Used as Examples of Bloopers (Negative Examples)
• Appendix C: How this Book was Usability Tested
• Pre-release Testing
• Appendix D: Related Books and Websites
• Websites that Show and Discuss Common Web Design Mistakes:
• Bibliography
• Index
• Index_A
• Index_B
• Index_C
• Index_D
• Index_E
• Index_F
• Index_G
• Index_H
• Index_I
• Index_J
• Index_K
• Index_L
• Index_M
• Index_N
• Index_O
• Index_P
• Index_Q
• Index_R
• Index_S
• Index_T
• Index_U
• Index_V
• Index_W
• Index_Y
• Index_Z
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Tech Talks