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
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 128
Pages: 128
Authors: Jeff Johnson
- 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- Blooper 5: Outdated Content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
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 128
Pages: 128
Authors: Jeff Johnson
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