Usability
By
MP
- Conventions are your friend
- Where things are located on a page.
- How things work.
- How things look.
- Create effective visual hierarchies
- The more important something is, the more prominent it is.
- Things that are related logically are related visually.
- Things are nested visually to show what is part of what.
- Break up pages into clearly defined areas.
- Make it obvious what’s clickable.
- Keep the noise down to a dull roar.
- Shouting.
- Disorganization.
- Clutter.
- Format text to support scanning
- Use plenty of headings.
- Keep paragraphs short.
- Use bulleted lists.
- Highlight key terms.