[WEB4LIB] Web Site usability guidelines

[Darryl Friesen]

> The U.S. National Cancer Institute did a major re-design of their web
site,
> concentrating on usability, and they produced some guidelines that other
> web developers may find useful.
>
> http://www.usability.gov/guidelines/

I found the following page especially interesting, given the topic seems to
crop up on web4lib every couple of months -- discussion of monitor size,
screen resolution, and fluid vs. fixed width design.  Has a few links to
studies on this sort of thing as well (haven't checked those out yet).

http://www.usability.gov/guidelines/softhard.html#three


- Darryl

 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  Darryl Friesen, B.Sc., Programmer/Analyst    Darryl.Friesen at usask.ca
  Education & Research Technology Services,     http://gollum.usask.ca/
  Department of Computing Services,
  University of Saskatchewan
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  "Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes"