5. WWW.COLLAB365.EVENTS
Rule #1: Don’t Make Me Think
According to Steve Krug, websites
should be:
• Self-evident
• Obvious
• Self-explanatory
• Should not cause users confusion
or to think
6. WWW.COLLAB365.EVENTS
Navigation Best Practices
• Secondary links relative
to where you’re at
• Active links highlighted
• Page titles match link
names
• Breadcrumbs
YOU ARE
HERE
• Concise and consistent primary navigation
o Identical no matter where you are
o Max 9 links
7. WWW.COLLAB365.EVENTS
Home Page Design
• Attract attention
• Good balance of images and text
• Keep content succinct and
uncluttered
• Place important content “above
the fold”
8. WWW.COLLAB365.EVENTS
Design for Different Screen Sizes
• Typical minimum screen size
is 1024 x 768
o Test your site on different
screen resolutions
o You want to avoid left/right
scrolling at all costs!
o The “fold” will be in different
places depending on screen
resolution
9. WWW.COLLAB365.EVENTS
What Makes Users Frustrated?
• Inconsistent navigation
• Too many primary nav links
• Active links not highlighted
• Too many mouse clicks
• Can’t find what you’re
looking for
• Cluttered (balance between
text, images, whitespace)
• Too many words on page
• Left/right scrolling
• Performance (site is slow)
• Not evident whether form
was submitted successfully
• It isn’t clear what you’re
supposed to do/focus on
• Unclear error messages
28. WWW.COLLAB365.EVENTS
Home Page – Before
Global nav missing
Quick Launch not
intuitive
Tasks/Issues not
personalized & too
much data
Use of folders
29. WWW.COLLAB365.EVENTS
Home Page – After
Global nav consistent
Quick Launch more
descriptive
Showing My
Tasks/Issues & less
cluttered
No folders! Using
metadata instead