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Web Bloopers: 60 Common Web Design Mistakes, and How to Avoid Them (Interactive Technologies)
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Blooper 5: Outdated Content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
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
BUY ON AMAZON
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