Mosh Teitelbaum wrote: > > "There is a certain aspect to usability that has to do with color schemes and > > control layouts. A design that uses light gray text on a white background > > will not be very usable. Likewise, a design that requires form field to be > > to the left of their labels may work for some people but, because it is not > > a common layout, it would likely score poorly in the usability department.
Chunshen (Don) Li wrote: > I read the above paragraph as an indication that presentation and > usability are closely tied together, which was my point. This is only part of what I said. Color, font size, etc. is only a small part of usability. There is also layout, flow, verbiage, etc. All of this and more combine to determine a site's overall usability. You can have a site that is butt ugly but incredibly usable. Likewise, you can have a site that is mind-blowingly stunning but completely unusable. > "However, "polish" and "eye candy" do not make or break a site's > usability > (usually -- too much can be distracting and lower usability). They tend, > instead, to reflect a site's (and, thereby, the company's) > professionalism, > attitude, etc. A car company's website may "require" lots of > glitz to help > it sell cars, but that has to do with presentation, not usability. Funky > layouts, graphics, movies, etc. can help you sell a car, but if you can't > find the link that let's you buy the car, than the site is not usable. > " > > I read the above paragraph as > 1) > >depending on the nature of > > the application, presentation may need to be highly > > polished or it need not to. The above was intended to reflect that a site's presentation often has more to do with its message than its usability. -- Mosh Teitelbaum evoch, LLC Tel: (301) 942-5378 Fax: (301) 933-3651 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
