CCT360H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cory Doctorow, Wayfinding, Straw Man
6 Dec 2016
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Lec #8 blueprint (cid:862)a (cid:271)luepri(cid:374)t is a good thi(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g (cid:449)ritte(cid:374) do(cid:449)(cid:374)(cid:863) information architecture. 8 principles: wayfinding, expectations and feedback, ergonomics, consistency and standards, error support, recognition (first time user) vs recall (subsequent visits, varying skill levels, help and documentation, design for wayfinding. On the internet, we all navigate physically. Wayfinding lets people/ basic principles of navigation on the web: know where they are, know where what they are looking for is, know how to get to those things they seek, know where they have already been. A:active active links (on that page) A:hover mouseover the link: tell your users that you have what they want and how to get there from the get-go, breadcrumbs e. g. books > non-fiction > self-help. Ho(cid:449) users (cid:449)here they(cid:859)(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374: set expectations & provide feedback, http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=jnl9rvrxlhm, e. g. Talk, prototype & test with your users (repeat this process) View demographic, target the highest user section.
