The document discusses designing navigation and feedback on websites. It recommends basing site design on what users need to do and setting interactivity goals. Websites commonly collect user information explicitly through forms and submissions or implicitly through cookies. Methods of interactivity include forms, discussion boards, chat rooms, and deciding which are appropriate supports the site's purpose at early design stages.

1. Designing Navigation Feedback and Interaction

2. Introduction “A well-designed Web site doesn’t just look good; it also works well.”

3. Introduction Remember: form follows function. Base site design on what users need to do.

4. Feedback and Interaction Internet is a two-way medium State interactivity goals in site’s purpose Web sites commonly collect information from users in two ways Implicit Explicit

5. Feedback and Interaction Explicit The user isaware that data is being collected Example: Type information and hit a submit button – this enters info into a database Must allocate space on page(s) for this data collection process Provide functionality (error checking, other) Implicit The user is notaware that data is being collected Cookies

6. Feedback and Interaction Methods of interactivity Forms (what information will be collected?) Discussion boards Asynchronous (people not required to be online together) Chat rooms Synchronous (people must be online together in order to talk “real-time”) At early design stages just decide which forums are appropriate and support the site’s purpose(s).