Designing a website needs to be about the user and only for the user, and every possible need of said user has to have been foreseen and catered for. Only then can a website be usable. That is what usability is.The big question is ‘how do I make my website usable?’ That question has no real clear answer. Usability is not quite a science and is one of the most debated subjects within web design.
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There are only guidelines that you can follow and advice that you can seek.The best way to make your website accessible is to read as much on the subject as possible, and that is where this post comes in. We have collected the best resources for learning all about web usability; there are downloadable eBooks, online manuals, printable guidelines and useful checklists. Introduction to Good UsabilityThis pdf guide is especially handy if you are new to web design and haven't yet designed your first site. This guide sheds some light on some of the most common interface elements and mistakes people will often make, and tackles each issue individually.There are a lot of books that have been written, but the threshold for reading them, especially if you have never built a site, is quite big, this is were this guide comes in. It is by no means a complete guide or solid set of rules, but it is definitely a good start for any aspiring web designer.Download the eBook (583kb)The Web Style Guide is the complete online version of the third edition of Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites, by Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton.Whereas the above Usability Guide was for beginners, this online book is for professional web site designers in corporations, government, nonprofit organizations, and academic institutions.The book explains established design principles and covers all aspects of web design—from planning to production to maintenance. The guide also shows how these principles apply in web design projects whose primary concerns are information design, interface design, and efficient search and navigation.Research-Based Web Design & Usability GuidelinesThe Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines were developed by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services and has been written for website managers, designers, and others involved in the creation or maintenance of Web sites.In total there are 209 guidelines with the, original, intention for creating better and more usable health and human service websites. Of course, these guidelines don't only apply to government websites, they apply, in all ways, to every website and application.If you are a web designer and you have never heard of Jakob Nielsen, then shame on you.Why should you have heard of Mr. Well, he founded the 'discount usability engineering' movement for fast and cheap improvements of user interfaces and has invented several usability methods, including heuristic evaluation. He holds 79 United States patents, mainly on ways of making the Web easier to use.