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Explore the concepts of universal usability and adaptive design, enabling users of diverse abilities to succeed in using web technologies. Discuss adaptation techniques, roles of designers and users, and considerations for effective web design across different contexts.
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Adaptive Design for Web Environments Sarah HortonDartmouth College Patrick J. LynchYale University
Universal Usability and Adaptive Design • Enabling all citizens to succeed in using information and communication technologies to support their tasks—Ben Shneiderman • A universal design approach to web usability
Equitable Use The design is useful and marketable to people with diverse abilities
Equitable Use • Provide the same means of use for all users: identical whenever possible; equivalent when not
Adaptive Design “One web” Source documents that adapt to multiple contexts
Whither Adaptation? • On the server • On the client • By the designer • By the user
Topic for Discussion Document Design Design for Search Visual Design Roles
Document Design The beauty of the web is in the markup
Similarity • Elements that are similar are perceived as related
Proximity • Elements that are close together are perceived as related
Uniform Connectedness • Elements that are connected by uniform visual properties are perceived as related
Document Design, Print, and Mobile • Most authors do not make use of adaptive design • Leave adaptation to the client and the server • Need to anticipate and design for adaptation
Considerations • Structural markup • Document order (linearization) • Selective display • Text-based information • Bandwidth • Simplicity
Roles Meeting user expectations Increasing user responsibilities
Discussion What is the role of the designer in an adaptive web environment? What is the role of the user?
sarah.horton@dartmouth.edu www.dartmouth.edu/~shorton patrick.lynch@yale.edu patricklynch.net