Usability and Web Design
Thursday, October 11th, 2007Usability in web design is all about designing and producing websites that are easy for people to use and understand.
These are sites where the navigation is simple and you don’t need a map to find your way back to the start - sites where the colors are a help in getting the message of the website across to the people using the site rather than a hinderance - sites where the text is easy to read and easy to understand too.
At least that’s my understanding of usability.
But I could be wrong … and I am beginning to doubt my understanding of usability … especially after coming across a website run for usability experts where the text throughout the site was in a colour that tended to blend in with the background colour.
If you or your client has something to say on a website then make sure that people can read the text. There’s nothing quite like black text on a plain white background to get your message across.
