Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines 2006 Announced
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.
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Bill wrote:
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.
Posted on 01-Nov-06 at 7:35 am | Permalink
Joe Dolson Accessible Web Design | Different Standards wrote:
[...] On a day to day basis, I deal with W3C standards. However, there are certainly sets of standards (or guidelines) outside of the W3C which are good to be aware of. Thanks to Kim Krause Berg, I’m now aware of another document: Research-Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines, courtesy of the United States Government. [...]
Posted on 02-Nov-06 at 11:25 am | Permalink
kid disco wrote:
Nice! On my way to Kinkos to get this baby printed and bound…
Posted on 02-Nov-06 at 5:00 pm | Permalink