Research-based web design & usability guidelines
By: forewords by Michael O. Leavitt, Ben Shneiderman
Contributors: United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services; United States. General Services Administration
Edition: Version 2
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services; U.S. General Services Administration; For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Web sites -- Design; Web sites -- Design -- Standards -- United States; Web site development
Other titles: Research-based web design and usability guidelines
Description: The guidelines were originally designed to help NCI staff improve the presentation of cancer-related information to cancer researchers and the public, though they are applicable to anyone who designs and manages information web sites.
Notes: Shipping list no.: 2006-0313-P

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-243) and indexes

Also available via Internet from the Usability.gov web site. Address as of 9/8/06: http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/guidelines.html; current access is available via PURL
Table of contents: title: Design process and evaluation; title: Optimizing the user experience; title: Accessibility; title: Hardware and software; title: The Homepage; title: Page layout; title: Navigation; title: Scrolling and paging; title: Headings, titles, and labels; title: Links; title: Text appearance; title: Lists; title: Screen-based controls (widgets); title: Graphics, images, and multimedia; title: Writing web content; title: Content organization; title: Search; title: Usability testing