CSC 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Hyperlink, Times New Roman, Assistive Technology
12 Jan 2018
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Be careful that the organization is not too shallow. Too many choices a confusing and less usable web site. Research by nelson cowan: adults typically can keep about four items or chunks of items in short-term memory. Be aware of the number of major navigation links. Try group navigation links visually into groups with no more than about four links. Be careful that the organization is not too deep. This results i(cid:374) (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) (cid:862)(cid:272)li(cid:272)ks(cid:863) (cid:374)eeded to drill down to the needed page: user i(cid:374)terfa(cid:272)e (cid:862)three cli(cid:272)k rule(cid:863) A web page visitor should be able to get from any page on your site to any other page on your site with a maximum of three hyperlinks. A series of pages that provide a tutorial, tour, or presentation. Usually there is no clear path through the site. May be used with artistic or concept sites. Design to provide for accessibility (cid:862)the po(cid:449)er of the we(cid:271) is in its universality.
