Trying to wrap your head around the CLF?
Posted by Jesse Rodgers on March 01, 2005 at 07:43 PM
Oddly enough there are a lot of articles popping up that support the idea of simple site design with effective use of graphics and content organization is a good thing™. Here are a few for you:
- CSS Zen Garden—an Eyetools eyetracking analysis – just amazing to see in pretty pictures that the same content presented in a fixed width with effective design is easier to read.
- Guidelines For An Uncomplicated Web – nice set of ideas to keep in the back of your mind.
- Web Page Headlines – Keep them Clear and Simple – given the #contentbar and emphasis on headlines in the CLF, worth a read.
- Writing effective ALT text for images
- Ten Best Intranets of 2005 – not external web sites, but some interesting points about how usability testing plays a role. What I particularly like is that they designed for 1024×768. Too bad we can’t ;)
I will try and keep posting useful links that may help you move your site into the new UW Common Look and Feel. Hope it helps.
…and unrelated to the CLF… Stop the Pendulum: I Want to Get Off – in response to the two Gerry McGovern articles I linked to yesterday. In it is a very good closing point about web site management: ”…it’s way past overdue to acknowledge that complicated problems require more subtle, complex, and often hybrid solutions.“