Category: Usability

Interaction Cost

This is the price people pay to view content. For example, the time it takes for a page to load, or to scroll down the page or click on links before they reach the content they are searching for. Understanding these factors is a critical part of determining what should go on a page which …

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Navigation

This term refers to ones ability to move throughout the web, whether it be on a browser such as Google, or within a website itself. Navigation is important in the user’s experience. A site that is difficult to navigate will be offputting to the user.

Navigation Menu

The website navigation pertains to the menu at the top of a website. For instance the “About” section of a website might have sub-pages such as “Overview, History, and Team”. These links comprise the navigation menu for the “About” section.

Taxonomy

This refers to how content is classified such as categories and sub-categories of content. The larger the website the greater the need for classifying content. For example, a website that has recipes will have different categories for appetizers, soups, entrees, salads etc.   Takeaway The more well thought out the taxonomy is the easier it …

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User Experience (UX)

User experience (UX) focuses on having a deep understanding of users, what they need, what they value, their abilities, and also their limitations. It also takes into account the business goals and objectives of the group managing the project. UX best practices promote improving the quality of the user’s interaction with and perceptions of your …

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Web Hosting

Hosting is the business of storing website information on an online server. More importantly than the space provided, is the fast website loading speed due to the server. Buying one server for a personal website usually would be too expensive, but using a web hosting service enables companies to share the cost of fast loading …

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Webinar

Webinar stands for web seminar. Virtual seminars give users the flexibility to be in their home or place of work and still be present to learn new things and hear about the latest trends in their industry. It allows for a greater audience and cheaper cost compared to in-person seminars while also leading to increased …

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Website Theme

Sometimes the words “template” and “theme” are used interchangeably since they both refer to a system for efficiently managing the design and content of multiple web pages. A theme refers to the design components of a page (layout, typography styles, management of content types) as well as how content is managed on that page. So …

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Yandex

Yandex Search is a search engine. It is owned by Yandex, based in Russia. In January 2015, Yandex Search generated 51.2% of all of the search traffic in Russia according to LiveInternet. Much like Google, Yandex offers free email, live traffic maps, music, videos, photo storage and much more. Many of these same features are …

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