Balanced Website Design: Optimising Aesthetics, Usability and Purpose

Author:   Dave Lawrence ,  Soheyla Tavakol
Publisher:   Springer London Ltd
Edition:   2007 ed.
ISBN:  

9781846285189


Pages:   236
Publication Date:   11 December 2006
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Dave Lawrence ,  Soheyla Tavakol
Publisher:   Springer London Ltd
Imprint:   Springer London Ltd
Edition:   2007 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   1.351kg
ISBN:  

9781846285189


ISBN 10:   1846285186
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   11 December 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Grounding.- Balanced Website Design (BWD): The Context Explained.- The World of Website Design.- Website Usability.- Aesthetics and Websites.- Methodology Process.- Requirements – Initial Acquisition.- Design Needs – Building the Picture.- Designing the Solution.- Creating the Website.- Implementation Issues.- Software Tools.- Website Hosting and Website Management.

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From the reviews: 'Balanced Website Design (BWD) is a new methodology that fuses the strengths of traditional structured, stepped, and iterative approaches with ... the desired characteristics of purpose, usability and aesthetics.' ... Throughout the book, there are many helpful figures and tables to support the methodology. The structure of the book makes it appropriate for academic use. In addition, practitioners looking for ways to improve or broaden their skills, to serve clients with varying needs and interests, will be interested in reading the book. (M. G. Murphy, ACM Computing Reviews, Vol. 49 (3), March, 2008)


From the reviews: `Balanced Website Design (BWD) is a new methodology that fuses the strengths of traditional structured, stepped, and iterative approaches with ... the desired characteristics of purpose, usability and aesthetics.' ... Throughout the book, there are many helpful figures and tables to support the methodology. The structure of the book makes it appropriate for academic use. In addition, practitioners looking for ways to improve or broaden their skills, to serve clients with varying needs and interests, will be interested in reading the book. (M. G. Murphy, ACM Computing Reviews, Vol. 49 (3), March, 2008)


From the reviews: `Balanced Website Design (BWD) is a new methodology that fuses the strengths of traditional structured, stepped, and iterative approaches with ... the desired characteristics of purpose, usability and aesthetics.' ... Throughout the book, there are many helpful figures and tables to support the methodology. The structure of the book makes it appropriate for academic use. In addition, practitioners looking for ways to improve or broaden their skills, to serve clients with varying needs and interests, will be interested in reading the book. (M. G. Murphy, ACM Computing Reviews, Vol. 49 (3), March, 2008)


From the reviews: Balanced Website Design (BWD) is a new methodology that fuses the strengths of traditional structured, stepped, and iterative approaches with the desired characteristics of purpose, usability and aesthetics. Throughout the book, there are many helpful figures and tables to support the methodology. The structure of the book makes it appropriate for academic use. In addition, practitioners looking for ways to improve or broaden their skills, to serve clients with varying needs and interests, will be interested in reading the book. (M. G. Murphy, ACM Computing Reviews, Vol. 49 (3), March, 2008)


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