Balanced Website Design Optimising Aesthetics, Usability and Purpose /

• Main Authors: Lawrence, Dave (Author), Tavakol, Soheyla (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2007.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Management.; Industrial management.; Computer communication systems.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Application software.; Multimedia systems.; Computer Science.; Computer Applications.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Media Design.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Computer Communication Networks.

Balanced Website Design (BWD) is a new methodology that fuses the strengths of traditional structured, stepped, and iterative approaches with a sharp focus on defining and achieving the desired characteristics of purpose, usability and aesthetics – absolutely essential requirements for any website....

Table of Contents:

• Grounding
• Balanced Website Design (BWD): The Context Explained
• The World of Website Design
• Website Usability
• Aesthetics and Websites
• Methodology Process
• Requirements – Initial Acquisition
• Design Needs – Building the Picture
• Designing the Solution
• Creating the Website
• Implementation Issues
• Software Tools
• Website Hosting and Website Management.