CCA1108 Lecture 11: weekly readers - wk 11- information design
information design wk 11
information organisation
hyperlinks (hypertext/hypermedia)
hyperspace
navigation and orientation elements.
NAVIGATION:
Strong navigation:
reveals information
helps find info
easy access to info
intuitive to use
efficiency
seamless
“where am I? Where can I go? Where have I been?”
NAVIGATION ELEMENTS
Metaphors
buttons
search bars
site maps
links/ index links
ORIENTATION ELEMENTS
Placement cues
breadcrumbs
homepage
search bars
site maps
HYPERSPACE:
linear, hierarchical or referential.
“we already have a sense of where navigation should be, so we should take that into
account when making our own designs.”
UX= user experience. “where needs and business overlap”
POOR NAVIGATION AND ORIENTATION
Missing images
broken links
404 links (orphan pages) “page not found”
under construction pages.
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