A basic principle is a possible solution to a design problem that allows the behavior of the web page to be defined and displayed and will provide users with the ability to interact successfully.
Last week we talked about the basic principles of usability, today we will talk about what these principles are based on. A basic principle is a possible solution to a design problem that allows the behavior of the web page to be defined and displayed and will provide users with the ability to interact successfully.
The web pages must be focused and centered totally on the user, in order to verify that the web is usable there are a series of processes or use Heuristics (processes to solve problems) that will help us to design and correct possible problems that the user may have. when surfing the web.
Usability factors
Although in another article we will talk more in-depth about the different steps when designing a page or measurement techniques that we can use, it is important that we are clear about the key principles of usability:
- Coherence: Every web page must be coherent from a graphic and interactive point of view, this means that all internal pages should have similar organization hierarchies (footer, header, etc.) and of course share graphic similarities.
- Interaction: All web designs must be predictable, visible, and reversible. Any action on the web must imply a change on the screen or notify of a change in status. We must show and mark the links correctly so that the user knows at all times that there is an interaction and if we can also show some of the destination information, it would be ideal. And above all never lead users to dead ends.
- Communication and feedback: We must help our users to find the information on the website, and tell them at all times where they are and where they can get to, in short, there is feedback.
- Control: The user must have the initiative at all times to be able to choose the destination or action to be carried out, for example personalizing products in an online store, or the way of displaying the products by ordering them by different criteria, in short, it is the user who chooses what to do at any time.
- Options: We must offer users different ways to get the information they are looking for, for example, to get to a product in an online store, we could get through the homepage, through the categories menu, or through the search engine. the web page. Flexible interfaces can be adapted to a wide range of user capabilities.
I hope you find this new section that we have added to our blog interesting since we believe that it is the fundamental basis for starting a design or development of a web page.
