Re: design standards?

Murray- thanks for the link- it's funny, I was actually thinking about the
different resolutions problem when I wrote the original post, and considered
putting in 600x800 and 1024x768 so that any design could be graded based on
the relative number of internal users who are at each resolution (my need is
related to internal company webpages, so we can estimate or collect data on
user monitor settings).

The browser window width issue is one that I hadn't thought of while writing
my post (although I'm an unfortunate victim of it all the time). That's
exactly the type of criteria I'm interested in, although I'm hoping that
someone, somewhere, has aggregated a lot of similarly useful criteria in one
place...
:)
Keith

"Murray" <forums@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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* Is the page so large that it won't fit on a standard resolution
screen?

There is no such standard. And screen size is not the critical
consideration anyhow - it's the visitor's browser's viewport dimensions.
Please read this -

http://www.thepattysite.com/window_sizes1.cfm

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Murray
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"KR" <not_a_real_address@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've done some web searching, but there is so much junk out there I
can't
find a clear source, so I'm hoping someone can point me in the right
direction.

I'm looking for a set of web page design standards (online info, or a
reference to a book that does a good job of this) that include a set of
systematic criteria for web page/ web site evaluation, for example:

* Is the page so large that it won't fit on a standard resolution
screen?
* Are clickable graphics visually distinct from non-clickable graphics?
* Are descriptions for each potential action ("click here to ....")
embedded
inline with the areas the user will interact with?
* Is there a single-click way to get back to the main page?
* From the main page, can you get to every page within 4 clicks?
* From the main page, are all subpages categorized clearly so a user
will
always know where to find what they are looking for?
* etc.

While I need at least the physical/visual design, I'd prefer to also
have
as
much information on functionality (like the number of clicks) and site
structure as well. I'm much less interested (for now) in the programming
details- I want to develop a good design first, then figure out how to
implement it rather than trying to design a less functional interface
because I feel limited by the tools available.

I appreciate any suggestions you might have for sites or books that do a
good job of covering this topic.

Thanks!
Keith






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