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fundamental organizing principle in Web site design
is meeting users' needs. |
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about structuring information today stem largely from
the organization of printed books and periodicals and
the library indexing and catalog systems that developed
around printed information. |
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Wide Web pages differ from books and other documents
in one crucial respect: hypertext links allow users
to access a single Web page with no preamble. For this
reason Web pages need to be more independent than pages
in a book. For example, the headers and footers of Web
pages should be more informative and elaborate than
those on printed pages. |
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The goal is to provide for the
needs of all your potential users |
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The primary task of graphic design
is to create a strong, consistent visual hierarchy in
which important elements are emphasized and content
is organized logically and predictably. |
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Graphic design is visual information
management, using the tools of page layout, typography,
and illustration to lead the reader's eye through the
page. Readers first see pages as large masses of shape
and color, with foreground elements contrasting against
the background field. Secondarily they begin to pick
out specific information, first from graphics if they
are present, and only then do they start parsing the
harder medium of text and begin to read individual words
and phrases: |
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