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5 Principles of Persuasive Web Design
What’s the best way to persuade somebody when talking to them? You have to be confident, talk fast and swear a little, among other things. But what about p
Planning and Implementing Website Navigation
Common mistakes
From a Kissmetrics article: Are You Making These Common Website Navigation Mistakes?
Mistake #1: Non-Standard Style
Visitors expect to find horizontal navigation across the top or vertical navigation down the left side. Putting your navigation in standard places makes your site easier to use.
Don’t make me Think
Steve Krug’s ‘Don’t make me think’ is a classic in the world of web design. I recently pulled the 2006 print from my book shelf to give it a (first) read. And it was worth it!
This is what stayed with me the most (ordered by chapter):
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Don’t make me think
– Remove as much as possible the ‘question marks’ (Where am I, Where can I find, What does this mean
– Make things self-evident, or if this is not possible, self-explanatory -
How we really use the web
– We don’t read, we scan. (I like this analogy: web users tend to act like sharks: they have to keep moving or they’ll die)
– We satisfice (choose the first reasonable option)
– We muddle through
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