1. How does this reading relate to the concept of user-focused design that we have discussed in class?
He stresses that the site needs to work for the user not for the designer. I especially like when he reorders the heading of one website to show how easy it would be to make it more user friendly. He really understands that frustrated users will leave a website to find a better one. he understands that users want things to load quickly and they want to be able to solve their problems quickly. Strangely, he doesn't care about doing this on his own site. I had a "problem", I had to read this article so I could write a blog and discuss it in class. He made it difficult. To fully understand his points, the reader has to watch videos and look at pictures. Most of the important pictures were in links that directed me to a different site and many of the videos just showed up as empty space. In number 12 he provides a link to "website photos of two dentist." Only one picture shows up. This was very frustrating, I would have left the site if it wasn't an assigned reading. His last two points also made no sense to me. They are written in computer-gibberish with no helpful links to tell you what he is talking about. His bad website and "<big grins>" when he talks about how bad his site is make me not trust his opinion on what makes a good website.
2. What points do you feel are the most important?
His most useful idea can't even be summed up by reading his 12 main points. Oh wait, there were 16, thats how much of an impression they didn't make. Anyway, the most important idea is that a website should be designed for the people who will visit it, not the people creating it.
3. Create your own list of important design factors for a webpage.
Easy to use
Nice to look at
Accomplish its desired goal
User focused
Safe
Load quickly
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