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WEB DESIGN
Web Design
• the term “web design” has become a catchall
for a process that encompasses a number of
different disciplines, from user experience
design, to document markup, to serious
programming.
Web Design
• 4 Broad Categories of Roles & Responsibilities
Design
Development
Content Strategy
Multimedia
Design
• few of the new job descriptions related to
designing a site
User Experience, Interaction, and User Interface
design
Visual (graphic) design
User Experience Interaction, and User
Interface design
• On the Web, the first matter of business is
designing how the site works
Before picking colors and fonts, it is important to
identify the site’s goals, how it will be used, and
how visitors move through it.
These tasks fall under the disciplines of
Interaction Design (IxD), User Interface (UI) design,
and User Experience (UX) design.
User Experience Interaction, and User
Interface design
• The goal of the Interaction Designer is to make the
site as easy, efficient, and delightful to use as
possible.
• Closely related to interaction design is User
Interface design, which tends to be more narrowly
focused on
– the functional organization of the page
– as well as the specific tools (buttons, links, menus, and so on) that users use to navigate content or accomplish
tasks.
• A more recent job title in the web design realm
is the User Experience Designer.
• The UX designer takes a more holistic view—
ensuring the entire experience with the site is
favorable. UX design is based on a solid
understanding of users and their needs based
on observations and interviews.
• According to Donald Norman (who coined the
term), user experience design includes “all
aspects of the user’s interaction w...