User interface directions for the Web 论文

摘要

signing a large site requires collaboration between a team of UI professionals, and some UI will prefer to stay with their traditional role of software design rather than moving into the wild world of Web design. There are three possible solutions to the problem: . Make it possible to design reasonably usable sites without having UI expertise; . Train more people in good Web design; and . Live with poorly designed sites that are hard to use. The third option is not acceptable in my opinion. Unless the vast majority of Web sites are improved considerably, we will suffer a usability meltdown of the Web no later than the Year 2000, and most people will refer to the Web as "oh, yes, we tried that last year, but it was no good." Thus, we have to strive for a combination of the first two options: making it easier to design acceptable sites, and increasing the availability of staff who know how to do so. Making it easier to design usable sites will likely involve a combination of template