Friday, 1 October 2010

Research on Jakob Nielsen

Web usability - Guidance --- Web standards-- accessibility -- Navigation

JaKob nielsen has many different opinions on website designs, here an some examples of his work;
Bad search;
Jakob said that some search engines are likely to reduce usability. Particular search engines are unable to handle typos, plurals and hyphens. Search engines are difficult for elderly users to use.
PDF files for online reading;
Many users hate finding PDF files when browsing and checking the internet. They simply don't like this as it breaks their flow of whatever they may be doing. Simple things like saving documents or printing may be difficult because standard browser commands may not work. 
Page titles with low search engine visibility;
Searching is very important to users for them to ways to discover more websites. It is important for users to find their way around individual websites. The main page for the website title page is to attract new visitors from search listings and for you to help existing users to locate the specific pages that they need.



Jakob is a user advocate and principal of the Nielsen Norman Group which he co-founded with Dr. Donald A. Norman former VP of research at Apple Computer.

1 comment:

  1. Jordon - you must ensure that you do not simply copy and paste into your blog as this will void your coursework and final exam grade. As this post stands it is not acceptable.
    Please make appropriate changes - i.e. take some of the points made in your research on Nielsen and rewrite using examples from the websites you've used for your research and perhaps stating how you intend to use/bend Neilsen's rules on usability in your own website design.

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