sims 213: user interface design & development marti hearst thurs, feb 26, 2004
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Wireframing
What is the main idea?– Separate content from layout and display– Next week:
• Use the page layout to signal the flow of interaction• Group conceptually related items together
– Nielsen: • What does the layout communicate?• Test if a page of content becomes more usable because of the layout• A template (for a home page) should contain what items?
How WireFraming Fits In
Kelly Goto & Eric Ott of Macromedia
http://www.gotomedia.com/macromedia/monterey/architecture/
How to Test A Layout
Study conducted by Thomas S. Tullis from Fidelity Investments in 1998Assessed the usability of five alternative template designs for their intranets. Method:– Show templates with “greeked” text– Draw labeled boxes around each page corresponding
to 9 elements– No overlapping allowed– Indicate if something appears not to be there
The Elements
1. Main content selections for this page 2. Page title 3. Person responsible for this page 4. Intranet-wide navigation (e.g., intranet home, search) 5. Last updated date 6. Intranet identifier/logo 7. Site navigation (e.g, major sections of this section of the
intranet) 8. Confidentiality/security (e.g, Public, Confidential, etc.) 9. Site news items
Nielsen Wireframing Example
Different parts of the designs scored betterBest parts were taken from each design and combinedResulted in an overall better score
Results of Study
CorrectPage
Elements
Subjective Appeal
(-3 to +3)
Template 1 52% +1.3
Template 3 67% +0.9
Final Design 72% +2.1
Card Sorting
Main purpose?– Determine how to organize a set of information– Determine good labels for the items in that organization
How is it done?– User-centered
• Write topics on cards• Ask different participants to organize them for a given task
– Need strategies for “difficult” cards• Consolidate the results
– Do another round for labels