.WEB READER.

1 What makes a Web page user-friendly?

Rank the following characteristics in order • Only 16 per cent of Web users
of importance, with the most important first. read
all the words on a page; the res
(The information box, right, and students’ t
scan the text quickly.
comments, in the picture, will help).
• People will not wait more than
• Appropriate graphics ten
seconds for a page to download.
• Short page length
• Only ten per cent of users will
• Accuracy of information use
the scroll bar to read a long pag
• Use of the latest technology, such e.
as animation
• The page loads quickly.
It took too long
to load…
…and there are
Who’s going to spelling mistakes.
read all this?

What do all these

headings mean?
It’s confusing!

2 Design, on paper, a ‘home page’ for 3 Imagine your Web page is to be used as
your school. Make it as user-friendly as the introduction to a printed booklet about
possible. What information should it your school. What changes will you make
contain? to the design and contents?

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