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    COM 205 Multimedia Applications St. Joseph's College Fall 2003 Basic Software Design Consider your audience Who? What? When? Where? How? Speed ( of loading) Simplicity ( say more with less.) Clarity Easy of use "Bells and Whistles" Speed Should load quickly choose text and graphics wisely - not too many bitmaps! Balance text and graphics Design for the disabled or those without graphics - Use ALT tag in HTML - Blind will hear description of image with synthesized speech

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    COM 205 Multimedia Applications

    St. Josephs College Fall 2003

    Basic Software Design

    Consider your audience


    Who? What? When? Where? How?

    Technology
    Connection- 14.4K modems/ fast T1
    Dont over use graphics too slow

    Monitor size
    Put most important info at top of page Dont clutter screen Dont cause too much scrolling

    Browsers available
    Netscape Internet Explorer

    Plug-ins

    Some Design Issues


    Speed ( of loading) Simplicity ( say more with less) Clarity Consistency Easy of use Ease of navigation Bells and Whistles

    Speed
    Should load quickly Choose text and graphics wisely
    Not too many bitmaps!

    Balance text and graphics Design for the disabled or those without graphics
    Use ALT tag in HTML Blind will hear description of image with synthesized speech Some may choose not to load graphics and can still understand the message

    Simplicity and Clarity


    Use basic layout and themes Use only a few colors and fonts Choose clear consistent icons with universal meaning Include no more than 5 to 7 items on a menu

    Consistency
    Provide and overview/summary screen Each link and page should have the same look and feelwhere possible Use same colors for hotlinks, etc

    Ease of Use
    Easy to read text and font size Use text appropriate to your audience Provide sense of where you are Check for dead ends- pages without links Use good navigational controls

    Ease of Navigation
    Provide navigational controls
    ( back, next, home, top, bottom)

    Button bars are often helpful


    Include common links on each page
    Home Email Back, etc.

    Bells and Whistles


    Animation should be meaningful not distracting Dont go over board- one screen is not meant to contain ALL you know or have learned Use special effects where they enhance your message

    Interesting Resources
    Web Page Design Guides
    http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual
    http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/design/?tw=design http://www.killersites.com

    Virtual Computer Library


    http://www.utexas.edu/computer/vcl/www.html

    Animation
    http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/multimedia/ animation/tutorials/tutorial1.html

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