Web Usability and Navigation: A Beginner‘s Guide

This is a comprehensive introduction to the theories and principles that drive Web usability and interface design.

From the back cover:

Essential Skills for First–Time Developers

After its historic rise to prominence, Internet development is now maturing into a new phase that focuses on qualitative issues such as ease of navigation and usability. Beginning with an overview of this powerful medium, Web Usability & Navigation: A Beginner‘s Guide will help you define objectives for your site, organize content, and plan a user–friendly, navigable site. Easy–to–follow chapters lead you through the appropriate stages of planning and developing Web sites––including designing, testing, and making your site accessible to your intended audience. Regardless of your goals or skill level, this handy resource will help you improve all your Internet endeavors.

This Beginner‘s Guide is Designed for Easy Learning:

• Modules––Each concept is divided into logical modules (chapters), ideal for individualized learning
• Goals––Each module opens with the specific skills you‘ll have by the end of the module
• Ask the Experts––Q&A sections throughout are filled with extra information and interesting commentary
• 1–Minute Drills––Quick self–assessment sections to check your progress
• Projects––Exercises contained in each module show how to apply what you are learning
• Mastery Checks––End–of–module reviews that test your knowledge using short–answer, multiple–choice, and fill–in–the–blank questions

About the Author:

Merlyn Holmes (Boulder, CO) is a founder and partner of Hot Tea Productions: a fine brew of print, video, web, and other media. Recently, she has focused on Web courseware design and has taught classes and conducted train–the–trainers across the United States and Europe. She has been a Subject Matter Expert and the lead author on two five–day courses on "Web Design" and "Web Production" which are currently being offered at training centers internationally. In between such commitments, Merlyn has also been the Gallery Director and/or judge for the Macromedia People‘s Choice Awards and the NewMedia Invision Awards since 1996 and as such has reviewed more than 3,500 Web and multimedia entries.