1. Basic Web design Preliminary information you should know about online presentation and usability Laura Ruel Associate Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill [email_address]
26. Usability tip #2 Have one navigation scheme and stick to it. Never move (or eliminate) navigation. For initial navigation: top • sides • bottom When navigation fails, you can’t even get there.
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32. Usability tip #4 White space wins White space also makes content more readable. A study (Lin, 2004) found that good use of white space between paragraphs and in the left and right margins increases comprehension by almost 20%. In fact, according to Chaperro, Shaikh and Baker, the layout on a Web page (including white space, headers, indentation and figures) may not measurably influence performance but does influence user satisfaction and experience.