Research Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines

Publisher: Health and Human Services Dept.

Description: Although recent findings show that people increasingly interact with Government Web sites, they often cannot find what they are looking for. The official Research-Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines aid in correcting this problem by providing the latest Web design guidance from research and other evidence.

This unique publication has been updated from its earlier version to include more than 40 new or updated research guidelines, for a total of 209. Primary audiences for the book are:

• Web managers
• Designers
• All staff involved in the creation of Web sites

Topics in the book include:

• Home page design
• Page and site navigation
• Graphics and images
• Effective Web content writing
• Search optimization

Year/Pages: 2006: 294 p.; ill. revised. 2007-repr.

Price: $26.50