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Author Lawrence, Dave, 1958-

Title Balanced website design : optimising aesthetics, usability and purpose / Dave Lawrence and Soheyla Tavakol
Published London : Springer, [2007]
©2007

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 MELB  006.7 Law/Bwd  AVAILABLE
Description xvi, 234 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Section 1: G rounding 1 -- Chapter 1: Balanced Website Design (BWD): The Context Explained 3 -- Chapter 2: The World of Website Design 21 -- Chapter 3: W ebsite Usability 37 -- Chapter 4: Aesthetics and Websi tes 59 -- Section 2: Methodology Process 81 -- Chapter 5: Requirements - IntialAcquisition 83 -- 5.1 Step 1: Project Startup 85 -- 5.2 Step 2: Time and Task Analysis 92 -- 5.3 Step 3: Initial Requirements Gathering 97 -- Chapter: Design Needs - Building the Picture 105 -- 6.1 Step 4: Purpose Aspirations Recognition 106 -- 6.2 Step 5: Usability and Aesthetic Requirements Recognition 13 -- 6.3 Step 6: Review and Reflect (1) 135 -- Chapter 7: Designing the Solution 141 -- 7.1 Step 7: Technical Options/Selections 1 42 -- 7.2 Step 8: Navigation Design, Screen Layouts, Webpage -- Dialogues, Purpose Mapping, and Content Index -- 7.3 Step 9: Review and Reflect (2) 173 -- Chapter 8: Creating the Website 177 -- 8.1 Step 10: Coding and Building.17 8 7 -- 8.2 Step 11: Website Testing and Evaluation 190 -- 8.3 Step 12: User Evaluation/Review and Reflect (3) 196 -- Section : Implementation ssues 201 -- Chapter 9: Softw arte Tools 203 -- Chapter 10: Website Hosting and Website Management 221
Summary Real Website Design (RWD) is a methodology that fuses traditional strengths of approaches to design and implementation, with focus on defining the purpose, usability and aesthetic characteristics. This book includes discussions on perspectives on usability and aesthetics in the special context of website design
Notes Includes index
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Subject Web sites -- Design.
Author Tavakol, Soheyla.
LC no. 2006928131
ISBN 1846285186 (paperback)
9781846285189 (paperback)