TechNayak

This was the presentation given on usability of websites , there are some basic tips that you must read.

1 . anticipate what the users expect and provide those features.
2. Autonomy : giving the users a sense of mastery. and providing status messages.
3. don’t rely only on colors , many are color blind
4. consistent commands and shortcuts. don’t change usage patterns and standard shortcuts

In house consistency and maintaining the template across your application
common icons
use inconsistency when necessary, like when you need more marketing attention. change the login space to somewhere else
5. worry about users productivity , not yours, give easily manageable patterns.
6. clear help messages. use the keywords first and emphasize
7. explorable interfaces with colorful icons and images.
give users stable perpetual cues for the sense of home
make actions reversible, example gmails messages.
8. Fitt’s law : the time to acquire a target is a function of the distance to and the size of the target.
corners of the screen are the most easily accessed.
large objects, images for important actions.
9. push latency to the background and reduce latency
visual feedback - for background activities, typically for ajax writebacks and DOM changes.
Indicate the potential length of the wait, if you can .
8. metaphors.
9 . imporve readability y using contrasting fonts and colors.
8. track the state of users behavior.
10. give visual navigation wherever possible.

this was a live blog. my first live blog.