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Development of an Ease of Use Web Site. Linda Lisle, Jianming Dong and Scott Isensee IBM. Purposes. Designed and implemented by UI Architecture and Design group Developed by a multidisciplinary team Site intended to: Provide UI tools, guidelines and info
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Development of an Ease of Use Web Site Linda Lisle, Jianming Dong and Scott Isensee IBM
Purposes • Designed and implemented by UI Architecture and Design group • Developed by a multidisciplinary team • Site intended to: • Provide UI tools, guidelines and info • Provide a public forum for new UI ideas • Demonstrate our commitment to usability
Our First HCI Site • Provided information about HCI and tools for practitioners • Segmented the information by audience • Simple site structure with audience page, topic page, then content pages
Second HCI Web Site • Wanted to increase the amount of content and make use of new technologies • Responded to user feedback • Started to do incremental updates which we featured in the exhibits section
Ease of Use Web Site • Wanted to reach the press and other decision makers • We found they wanted very simple and concise information
Ease of Use Web Site Version 2 • Wanted to address problem of being “lost in hyperspace” • Needed to determine how technologies such as Java, JavaScript, Flash and CSS could be appropriately used
User Involvement • Cognitive walkthrough and heuristic analysis • Usability testing • On-line questionnaires • Card sorting • User feedback form on web site
Design • Large sites can benefit from a design methodology • Used modified form of OVID • Created object diagrams • Documented object views, relationships and states • Did conceptual design before implementation
Lessons Learned • Problems with browser versions • Choosing and implementing a technology • Tension between leading edge UI and simplicity • Dos and don’ts
Lessons Learned • Project management
Lessons Learned • Navigation • Synchronization of media
Future Directions • Continue to expand the site • Identify common user problems on the web, design solutions, evaluate them • Refine user model for the web • Develop and evaluate web design methodologies • This will all appear at www.ibm.com/easy