assessing your web site in a web 2.0 world
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ASSESSING YOUR WEB SITE IN A WEB 2.0 WORLD. Stafford Kendall Principal, Covalent Logic [email protected]. DEVELOPMENT CYCLE. Set Goals Assess Adjust Assess A Web site is never finished. DIMENSION & CRITERIA. Subjective criteria, in 4 dimensions: Design Technology Content - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
ASSESSING YOUR WEB ASSESSING YOUR WEB SITESITEIN A IN A WEB 2.0 WEB 2.0 WORLDWORLD
Stafford KendallStafford KendallPrincipal, Covalent LogicPrincipal, Covalent Logic
[email protected]@covalentlogic.comom
DEVELOPMENT CYCLEDEVELOPMENT CYCLE
Set GoalsSet Goals
AssessAssess
AdjustAdjust
AssessAssess
A Web site is never finished.A Web site is never finished.
DIMENSION & CRITERIADIMENSION & CRITERIA
Subjective criteria, in 4 Subjective criteria, in 4 dimensions:dimensions:
DesignDesign
TechnologyTechnology
ContentContent
NavigationNavigation
Content is Queen, but Navigation is Content is Queen, but Navigation is KingKing
DESIGNDESIGN
Appropriate for your brandAppropriate for your brand
Classic vs. Cutting EdgeClassic vs. Cutting Edge
Image vs. InformationImage vs. Information
AccessibilityAccessibility
Beauty is in the eye of the Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, good design is seen by beholder, good design is seen by everyone.everyone.
WEB 2.0 WEB 2.0 DESIGNDESIGN
Mobile-centricMobile-centric
PersonalizationPersonalization
Truly Interactive FlashTruly Interactive Flash
Watch it wiggle, see it jiggle is Watch it wiggle, see it jiggle is dead. Movement has purpose dead. Movement has purpose now.now.
WEB 2.0 WEB 2.0 DESIGNDESIGN
TECHNOLOGYTECHNOLOGY
Does it work?Does it work?
Can you update it?Can you update it?
Two-way communication?Two-way communication?
Even a broken clock is right Even a broken clock is right twice a day.twice a day.
WEB 2.0 WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGYTECHNOLOGY
Separation between the desktop Separation between the desktop and the Web is disappearing with and the Web is disappearing with universal accessuniversal access
Email is going away – replaced by Email is going away – replaced by social networking “dashboards”social networking “dashboards”
Change is one thing, progress is Change is one thing, progress is another. another.
– Bertrand Russell– Bertrand Russell
WEB 2.0 WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGYTECHNOLOGY
CONTENTCONTENT
AppropriateAppropriate
ExpectedExpected
UnexpectedUnexpected
Visitor-centricVisitor-centric
““Beautiful can't make up for Beautiful can't make up for empty.” empty.” — Business Week— Business Week
WEB 2.0 WEB 2.0 CONTENTCONTENT
Self-CenteredSelf-CenteredSocial NetworkingSocial NetworkingCustomizedCustomizedPersonalizedPersonalized
Members of the "Members of the "millennialmillennial generation" are more generation" are more selfishselfish and narcissistic.and narcissistic.
– – NPR reportNPR report
WEB 2.0 WEB 2.0 CONTENTCONTENT
NAVIGATIONNAVIGATION
Guidelines to follow:Guidelines to follow:Rule of 7Rule of 7Parity: Audience, Action, Parity: Audience, Action,
ContentContent
If we think about the obvious If we think about the obvious long enough, it dissolves. long enough, it dissolves.
- Mason Cooley- Mason Cooley
WEB 2.0 WEB 2.0 NAVIGATIONNAVIGATION
Interactive Navigation:Interactive Navigation:
MapsMaps
Category CloudsCategory Clouds
Getting there is half the fun.Getting there is half the fun.
WEB 2.0 WEB 2.0 NAVIGATIONNAVIGATION
WEB 2.0WEB 2.0
I think Web 2.0 is of course a I think Web 2.0 is of course a piece of jargon, piece of jargon, nobody even nobody even knows what it meansknows what it means. If Web . If Web 2.0 for you is blogs and wikis, 2.0 for you is blogs and wikis, then that is people to people then that is people to people [connection]. [connection].
But that was what the Web was But that was what the Web was supposed to be all along. supposed to be all along.
- Tim Berners-Lee- Tim Berners-Lee
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Stafford KendallStafford KendallPrincipal, Covalent LogicPrincipal, Covalent Logic
[email protected]@covalentlogic.comom