... Figures Web. 24 and Web. 25 ).
INTEGRATE COMMUNITY HELP WITH THE APPLICATION
Instead of treating help community as a standalone application, as is often the
case, integrate it with the application ... sections within the main application to ensure that users can get to the
desired sections quickly ( Figure Web. 12 ).
Application Help
FIGURE WEB. 10
Yahoo! offers applic...
... frameworks to
facilitate web application development.
CHALLENGES TO DESIGNING INTERFACES
FOR WEB APPLICATIONS
Despite these benefi ts and increasing use, designing interfaces for web applica-
tions ... published and conducted a number of tutorials and in-house
training workshops on web site design, web application design, and design pat-
terns in the United States and...
... sections within the main application to ensure that users can get to the
desired sections quickly ( Figure Web. 12 ).
Application Help
FIGURE WEB. 10
Yahoo! offers application- level help and ... Figures Web. 24 and Web. 25 ).
INTEGRATE COMMUNITY HELP WITH THE APPLICATION
Instead of treating help community as a standalone application, as is often the
case, integrate it w...
... and 2.6 ).
Related design patterns
For many complex web applications and those that require users to pay
upfront, consider offering a “ CLICK-TO-CHAT ” option (see Web Appendix:
Help), ... the benefi ts are realized when using
the application. To explain such functionality in detail, offer users options to
learn more about how the web application works and reduce their anxie...
... ). This can help increase users ’ trust in the web
application.
OFFER USERS AN OPTION TO REGISTER
Designers usually strive to make their web applications more convenient
to repeat users ... TIMEOUTS
Users may want some web applications to have longer or shorter session time-
out duration than the one defaulted by the application. This is common for
applications that users may...
... often-overlooked design aspect of many web applications is what fi rst-time
users will see (BLANK SLATE). This is particularly important for applications
that rely on users to fi ll in the application ... INTRODUCTION
An important decision for designers is what users should see or which page
they should be taken to after they log in to the application.
For web applications that...
... Problem
Many web applications start out empty because they rely on users to pro-
vide data (e.g., a defect-tracking application, online calendar, to-do list, etc.).
Although the application pages ... within
web applications need to be readily available and understood by users.
Additionally, users should be able to navigate quickly among major sections
from anywhere within the web...
... search results. For example, return the same results
for the search keywords “ WEB DESIGN, ” “ Web Design, ” and “ web design. ”
FIGURE 6.21
NexTag shows both the number of results on the current ...
For more information about creating accessible web applications, see Chapter 11.)
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Why
No matter how well designed the search engine, us...
... the
change. This design supports these user goals by showing market value and changes both
individually and in aggregate.
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Related design patterns
CONTINUOUS ...
all … ” link in the “ Narrow These Results ” section.
181
INTRODUCTION
Lists are common in web applications for displaying a collection of items.
However, the approach used to pr...
... actions.
Perhaps the earliest rich interaction in web applications was a RICH-TEXT EDITOR,
which enabled users to include formatted text on web pages without know-
ing the underlying HTML (HyperText ... INTRODUCTION
As discussed in Chapter 1, Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) can deliver respon-
siveness and interactivity comparable to desktop applications. With RIAs, the
interactio...