Thursday, April 25, 2013

Unit 3 Reading




“People won’t use your Website if they can’t find their way around it”
It’s the quote in the beginning of the chapter. I can imagine that the writer want to notice us – the designer – to design their website so that the user can find their way and know where they can go back or forth when they surfing your website.  The writer explains the chapter by using way finding system in real stores. You can imagine that there must be a multi-level in a way finding system. First level is the Company logo/company name/Site ID placed on the top of the page. Next level nav is called section which contains the main links to go to the main sections of the department. Besides, the third level nav which is called tertiary contains the utilities. In my opinion, it looks convenient for the user when they want to use any utilities such as: search, faq, help, form fill, sign up, store locator. So the users don’t have to browse around the website to find the desire site. Also, each section or subsection should have its page title that is correspond to the link name in order to indicate for the user know where they are.With a well-organized navigation system, the customers/viewers can figure out the way to the place without getting lost because of confusing navigation system.


Reference links:
30 Exceptional CSS Navigation Techniques
100 Great CSS Menu Tutorials 
40 Premium CSS Menu and Navigation Solutions 
55 Wonderful CSS Navigation Menu Designs
Showcase Of Beautiful Vertical Navigation Designs

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