Prioritizing Web Usability

In 2000,Jakob Nielsen, the worldrs"s leading expert on Web usability, published a book that changed how people think about the Web-Designing Web Usability(New Riders). Many applauded. A few jeered. But everyone listened. The best-selling usability guru is back and has revisited his classic guide, joined forces with Web usability consultantHoa Loranger, and created an updated companion book that covers the essential changes to the Web and usability today.Prioritizing Web Usabilityis the guide for anyone who wants to take their Web site(s) to next level and make usability a priority! Through the authorsrs" wisdom, experience, and hundreds of real-world user tests and contemporary Web site critiques, yours"ll learn about site design, user experience and usability testing, navigation and search capabilities, old guidelines and prioritizing usability issues, page design and layout, content design, and more!

Hoa Loranger is a user experience specialist at Nielsen Norman Group and heads the group's San Diego office.

Introduction Study overview
Thinking aloud Number of users 25 Web sites Web wide tasks
Examples of site tasks
Characterizing the Web User Experience
Say how much people use search, and defer details to later chapter
Differences between low and high experience users Maybe have a section on different age groups
Revisiting old guidelines
Prioritizing Usability Issues
Pie Charts and Rating Scale
Search
IA, Navigation, Link Design, Categories What Works, What Doesnrsquo;t
Readability
Content Before and After examples
Product information Top e-commerce guidelines
Page design, layout, and graphics
Simplicity vs. Complexity
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