The article ties directly into what we have been going over because the design of a webpage is like any other medium. It should be focused on the user and it must be easy to use. The article goes over how to make a webpage more usable and problems that poorly designed web pages often have.
I felt that the most important points were to keep in mind the users purpose upon entering the site and to let users get to the part of the site that they want to access. I personally hate going to sites where i have to look around to find the section or link i am looking for. The site should be easy to navigate and purchasing the good or playing the video should be the main focus of the site.
Here is a list of 5 important design factors for web pages
1. keep it simple, no one wants to read your mission statement, so make it link but give the user the main images or text of your site right away
2. Make sure your links work and tell the user where they will go
3. DO NOT use flash, nothing is more annoying than having to wait through flash every time you enter a site and it ends up being an incentive to use other sites
4. Provide links to other similar sites, sites do not always meet the users needs but a web page somewhere does and users are grateful for sites that give good links
5.Make text readable and pictures enlargeable, no one cares how good a site looks if you cant read the text or cant see the picture, make fonts big and pictures that can be enlarged
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