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Variables.
Hypothetically,
let's say these are the four major issues to consider in designing an effective
Web site. Now consider others such as age, computer skills, organization and ideological familiarity.
You can't design one site for each set
of variables, so how can you visualize the scene in order to make a site that
communicates effectively?
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Get
interested |
Keep interested |
Don't
confuse |
Direct
people |
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Visually
dynamic |
Change information |
Simple
choices |
Instructive |
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Importance |
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less |
more |
less |
more |
less |
more |
less |
more |
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Age group |
younger |
|
X |
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X |
X |
|
X |
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older |
X |
|
X |
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|
X |
|
X |
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Computer skills |
low |
X |
|
X |
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|
X |
|
X |
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high |
|
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
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Familiarity with
organization,
ideology |
low |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
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high |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
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Make your chart reflect your issues, values and
judgments, but lay it out so the relationships can be visualized.
There's no place like
home.
Yet home is always changing. |