Though its purpose is to target web design guidelines for government websites, this publication has long been a resource for everyone.
Download free: Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines to view and print Guidelines Book by section
or buy the print version at the US Gov Bookstore for $25 US
This resource now contains 209 guidelines for effective Web design and usability and covers a wide range of Web site design issues, including home page design, page and site navigation, graphics and images, Web content organization, and effective Web content writing. Each guideline includes a “Strength of Evidence” rating that indicates how much research there is to support that guideline. It also includes a “Relative Importance” rating that shows how important that guideline is to the overall success of a Web site.
It’s a great resource, Kim.
Since I had printed out a copy, one of the things I hadn’t noticed until a short time ago was that they had made a number of additions to the guidelines this year, with the Addition of twenty-two and some updates and revisions to others.
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Nice! On my way to Kinkos to get this baby printed and bound…