sandersi-design-First Progress Report

1. Recognize Diversity


2. Strive for consistency in:


3. Offer informative feedback - rollover buttons, sounds when clicked


4. Build in error prevention in online forms


5. Give users control as much as possible


6. Reduce short term memory load by providing menus, buttons or icons. If you use icons, make sure you have a section which explains what they mean. Make things obvious by using constraints - grayed out items in menus for options not available in that page


7. Make use of web conventions such as underlined links, color change in links for visited pages, common terminology


8. Provide a conceptual model of your site using a site map or an index


Source: http://www.usask.ca/education/coursework/skaalid/theory/interface.htm