Speaking/writing practice section. Emphasize Usability in your design

Emphasize Usability in Your Design

Investing in a good design is more important than some people seem to think. With a beautiful design, you will grow in trust among your readers/visitors. An important fact to remember is not over-designing the Website. It doesn’t matter how many hours you’ve put into designing the site if no one understands how to use it. Let some non-Internet-savvy friends navigate through your Website before launching it at a full scale. If they find it easy, so will the rest of your visitors.

It is difficult to say exactly what makes a beautiful and functional design. What looks good to one person might seem terrible for another. However, there are basic trends in Web design, and if you follow these, you can be sure to please most of your visitors. A few popular Web design trends for 2009 are multi-column layouts, large illustrations, and lots of white space.

If you wish to stay on the safe side, then it is a good call to make the layout and design features on the page easily accessible and simple to understand. Try to use standard coding and avoid over-the-top Flash animations. Some people may have browser settings that prevent them from viewing Flash, which means you might lose valuable visitors. Try to think how the visitor thinks, and your Website will grow more popular and respected day after day.

Answer the questions.

1. Why is it necessary to do something to increase the popularity of a web site?

2. What is “strong hosting” according to the article? What are the aims of hosting?

3. What are the steps of optimizing your web site?

4. What are main advantages of social media optimization?

5. What does the feedback give to your site?

6. What part does the design have in attracting attention to a web site?

7. Give comments on the content of the article.

8. Give some other advice on designing and managing a web site?

1. Choose any topic you like and make a report:

1. Aims of web design. 2. Tools of web design. 3. Some advice for a beginner in designing a web site. 4. Main principles of successful web site. 5. Content and links of a web site. 6. Who is a web designer? 7. Well known web designers. 8. What is the job of a web design company? 9. Well known web design companies. What is a secret of success?

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