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Spread the word about good usability. Download, print out, and share these screen shot examples with your colleagues. |
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Make Your Site User-Friendly
These annotated Web screen shots will help you appreciate the benefits of living by the rules of smart usability—and the pain of ignoring them.
Click on the links below to open the PDF documents in a new browser window. Then you can print or save them. (You'll need Adobe Reader.)
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Fuzzy Identity (73 KB): No matter how visitors arrive at your Web site, they need to know instantly what it's all about and what it enables them to do. (12/20/06) |
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Vertical Space Hogs (165 KB): Beware oversized logos, image-heavy banners, and other non-informational elements that squander a Web page's most precious resource. (1/3/05) |
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Weird Navigation (193 KB): The designer probably thought this scheme was cool. The users probably got frustrated and left. (3/23/04) |
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Clear Link Descriptions (351 KB): Clear labels tell users the payoff. That gets them to click. Here's a great example. |
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Lost Below the Fold (156 KB): It's amazing how many Web sites bury important stuff below the first visible screenful. |
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