interface critique

LIS 677Interface Critique

Interface CritiqueInterface Critique

LIS 677LIS 677

Presented by Blanca Polo


Today’s PresentationToday’s Presentation

• Present the Web-based interface selected.



• Introduce the set of interface evaluation criteria to evaluate the interface

Eight golden rules of interface design

Top 10 guidelines for homepage usability



• The potential community of users of the system.



• Tasks that may be performed by these users



• Testing the interface by emulating the tasks that are routine for that interface.



Conclusions



• Questions and Comments


Selection of an Information System Selection of an Information System InterfaceInterface

Hawaii Business College Web Site


The evaluation CriteriaThe evaluation Criteria

First time impression


The evaluation criteriaThe evaluation criteria

• the Top 10 guidelines for homepage usability

(http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20020512.html ).


The evaluation criteriaThe evaluation criteria

• “The eight golden rules of

interface design” from

Shneiderman

Pages 74 and 75


First time impressionsFirst time impressions

• Loading Time



• Loading Time• Intro



• When the page loads it makes a freaky sound...

• Loading Time• Intro



Click and you shall find...


Top Ten guidelines for Top Ten guidelines for homepage usabilityhomepage usability

• Use Visual Use Visual Design to Design to Enhance, not Enhance, not Define, Define, Interaction Interaction DesignDesign

• Help Users Help Users Find What Find What They NeedThey Need

• Reveal Reveal Site Site ContentContent

• Make the Site's Make the Site's Purpose Clear: Purpose Clear: Explain Who Explain Who You Are and You Are and What You DoWhat You Do


Make the Site's Purpose Clear: Make the Site's Purpose Clear:


Help Users Find What They NeedHelp Users Find What They Need


Reveal Site ContentReveal Site Content

Begin Link Names with the Most Important Keyword


Use Visual Design to Enhance, not Define, Use Visual Design to Enhance, not Define, Interaction DesignInteraction Design


Eight Golden rules of Eight Golden rules of Interface DesignInterface Design

Strive for consistency



Strive for consistencyEnable frequent users to use shortcuts



Strive for consistencyEnable frequent users to use

shortcutsOffer informative feedback

No feedback



Design dialogs to yield closureOffer error prevention and simple

error handlingPermit easy reversal of actions



Support internal locus of controlReduce short term memory load



Reduce short term memory load


Potential UsersPotential Users

• Potential students (applicants)• Potential Faculty• Potential Staff

• HBC students• HBC Faculty• HBC staff

HBC


Potential StudentsPotential Students

•Finding a program to study•How to enroll•Financial Aid


In search for a courseIn search for a course


Travel and Tourism...Travel and Tourism...


Bad use of screen real estateBad use of screen real estate


How do I enroll?How do I enroll?


What about Financial What about Financial Aid?Aid?

From the main page…..


What about Financial What about Financial Aid?Aid?


Faculty and StaffFaculty and Staff

I need a job

Mr. HBC


Potential Faculty / StaffPotential Faculty / StaffSearching for a job...


The ProblemsThe Problems

• There should be no intro• Overuse of graphics• Mystery Meat menus• Bad use of screen real estate• Lack of feedback to the user


Quick suggestions...Quick suggestions...

• Skip the intro by default • Get rid of the left-side mystery meat

menu• Rename the “Resource” button to

“Financial Aid”• Show the information in a tree structure• Do not use applets or Javascript

(TECHNICAL)


ConclusionsConclusions

• Annoying web site. Not a good college to learn how to do web design.


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