week 9 : 2 march
Design Principles : Navigation

Tonight's Schedule

• Reading discussion:
  • Mini-Lecture on Navigation
  • In teams, discuss the following questions:
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    1. How might navigation differ between a Web site that provides information (news, University, corporate info site) and one that provides functionality (Hotmail, Yahoo.Groups)? What about hybrids (Amazon, PriceGrabber)?
    2. What characteristics of the medium have facilitated the inverted-L (top/left) navigation structure?
    3. Can your team reach a consensus statement defining "Web site navigation"? If so, what is it? If not, why?

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  • Navigation review of some of last week's sites
• Book Review Discussion
  (note: because of the Catalyst issues, I'm extending eSubmit to noon tomorrow -- apologies again)
  • Divide into teams.
  • Discuss readings. What were the "best" two books read by your group? How did you make that judgment?
  • Share with class.
  • "Vote" with your (Monopoly!) money. I've prepared a voting sheet for each book reviewed and its Amazon price (pre-shipping). You'll pick "one" book and those that you'd buy if you had a $75 budget. WebQ results.
    
    For those who are interested, here is the book list:
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    • Alina: The Art and Science of Web Design
    • Asako: Information Architecuture
    • Christina: The Design of Everyday Things
    • Don M: User-Centered Web Design
    • Don W: The Art and Science of Web Design
    • Eli: The Design of Everyday Things
    • Hasan: Wayfinding: People, Signs, and Architecture
    • Joanna: The Deadline
    • Kate: The Design of Everyday Things
    • Mai: Information Architecture
    • Makiko: Information Architecture
    • Mark: The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
    • Mona: Information Architecture
    • Pennie: The Design of Everyday Things
    • Sylvain: The Art and Science of Web Design
    • Tom: Web Project Management: Delivering Successful Commercial Web Sites
    • Trav: Design of Everyday Things

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• Discussion: wireframes, storyboards and other "mock-ups"
  • Sample 1 (image) article (wdvl)
  • IA Wiki
  • HTML Wireframes and Prototypes: All Gain and No Pain (boxes and arrows)
  • Wireframes Are: Special Deliverable #3 (boxes and arrows
  • Page Layout Samples and Forms
  • Wireframes - Summary (SIGIA mailing list)
  • Patterns for Web Applications (pdf - resource)
• Discussion: design analysis (next week's deliverable) and project deliverables

Notes

Assignments

• Feedback on tonight's class
• Design analyses due next week
• Work on presentations and final reports

resources

• Wayfinding on the Web
• Wayfinding Strategies and Behaviors in Large Virtual Worlds (ACM - requires UW IP address)
• Design Guidelines for Landmarks to Support Navigatiion in Virtual Environments (ACM - requires UW IP address)