Title:
What is web design? / Nico Macdonald.
Essential design handbooks
Essential design handbooks.
Main Entry:
Macdonald, Nico.
Publisher:
RotoVision SA,
Publication Date:
c2003.
Publication Place:
Mies :
ISBN:
2880466865
9782880466862
Subject:
Web sites -- Design.
WEB SITES -- DESIGN -- CASE STUDIES.
Series:
Essential design handbooks
Essential design handbooks.
Contents:
A short history of the Internet and digital computing -- Technical platforms -- Computers and operating systems -- Programming and coding -- Client-server architecture -- Browsers and plug-ins -- Web servers and caching -- Content publishing systems -- Template-driven systems -- Database-driven systems -- Screen displays -- Domain and host names -- Successful and satisfying experiences -- Understanding organisations -- Redefining the problem -- Research -- Users and stakeholders -- Context of use -- Analysis -- Cultural issues and social trends -- Human behaviour -- Understanding technology -- Design as synthesiser and driver -- Brainstorming and lateral thinking -- Designing forward -- Simplicity and clarity -- Design 'with the grain' -- Inclusivity and flexibility -- Design patterns -- Innovation -- The whole user experience -- Effective process and communication -- Iterative design and testing -- Evaluation and reflection -- Professionalism vs ethicism -- Designing the organisation -- Elements -- Digital, interactive and network art -- Forecasting and design trends -- Technology trends -- Designing processes not things -- People -- Scenarios and personas -- User research -- Corporate identity and branding -- Metaphors -- Information architecture -- Navigation -- Information design and visualisation -- Interaction design -- Interface design -- Graphic design and aesthetics -- Typography -- Text and writing -- Evaluation -- Usability and usability testing -- Technical testing.
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