Research-based web design & usability guidelines

Other Authors: United States. Department of Health and Human Services., United States. General Services Administration.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services : U.S. General Services Administration : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [2006]
Physical Description: xxii, 267 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Also available via Internet from the Usability.gov web site. Address as of 9/8/06: http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/guidelines.html; current access is available via PURL.
Edition: Version 2.
Subjects:
Online Access: https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS73842
Table of Contents:
  • Design process and evaluation
  • Optimizing the user experience
  • Accessibility
  • Hardware and software
  • The Homepage
  • Page layout
  • Navigation
  • Scrolling and paging
  • Headings, titles, and labels
  • Links
  • Text appearance
  • Lists
  • Screen-based controls (widgets)
  • Graphics, images, and multimedia
  • Writing web content
  • Content organization
  • Search
  • Usability testing.