Criteria what makes a good Website?

[Bill Trefzger]

Libby,
If effective means usable then, here are two sites which discuss this:

http://www.acm.org/sigchi/webhci/chi97testing/particip.htm

http://www-nlpir.nist.gov/~downey/

I think the answer is that the standards are evolving...

Bill

At 10:54 AM 8/28/97 -0700, Libby Whitcomb wrote:
>Hi
> I am looking for articles/ Websites that contain criteria
> about what makes a Web site effective? Either from a
> developers standpoint or the person who views the web site. 
>I need documentation that I can show others about what factors 
>make a Web site effective.  Are there standards similar to how a
> librarian evaluates a book source?
> I would appreciate any help on this question. Thank you,
>I receive Web4Lib in digest format so I would appreciate direct
>e-mail responses. 
>Thank you,
>
>Libby Whitcomb
>Corporate Services-Information Technology Team
>libby at ti.com
>972-997-5277
>
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