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Easy to Understand and Use


"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

- Antoine de Saint Exupery

Keep It Simple!
  • Avoid grammer and spelling misteakes
  • Use at least the required tags (HTML, /HTML, HEAD, /HEAD, TITLE, /TITLE, BODY,/BODY)

  • 5 Items Per Menu (or 5 items per group)
  • 3 Click Rule
    • Provide good navigation aids so the user does not get lost deep in your site
    • Always provide a link to lead the user back to the beginning of your site (i.e. don't leave them stranded at a deadend page)
  • 30 Second Time Limit
    • use HEIGHT and WIDTH options in the IMG tag so the page will load text and leave appropriate space for slower-loading images
    • if you use a background image, make sure it is small and fastloading
    • Recommended TOTAL page size should be no more than 50 KB
  • Intuitive Interface
    • Use a consistent theme throughout all your pages
    • Use standard ways for users to interact with the page (i.e. link colors, menu placement, menu items)
    • The page should be usable by disabled viewers (espec. the blind)--
    • So...Reproduce image menus in text
    • And...Label all images with alt tag in img
    • Test your page with different browsers, with the images turned off, with different window sizes, etc.

"Computer bug" cartoon courtesy of C. Ware, copyright 1997, used with permission next page