Web Theory
What Exactly is Web Design?
The blog entry this presentation was based on. Briefly covers the same thing.
www.law.utah.edu/blogs/show-entry.asp?EntryID=552
Good Designers Redesign, Great Designers Realign
A great article about the difference between redesign your look -- and repositioning your brand.
www.alistapart.com/articles/redesignrealign/
Look at it Another Way
Fantastic article about looking at our navigation another way.
www.alistapart/articles/lookatitanotherway
Three Basic Principles of Web Typography
I really wanted to mention this, but just didn't have time. How your type looks on your site can be a
major factor in how presentable and usable it is, and should
not be overlooked. This is a great article to get you started on evaluating/improving your site's typography.
www.synaxisworks.com
Typography: How It Affects Your Web Site's Success
And here's another one.
www.atartec.co.il/articles/oct04.shtml
Looking Around
Law School Website Design Study 2009
Georgetown Law Library's incredible study of trends in law school home pages.
www.ll.georgetown.edu/sitesurvey
Web Design Practices
This site analyzes design practices on the Web using samples from leading sites.
www.webdesignpractices.com
UI Practices
A library of user interface design patterns Library. They have See examples and rationale, solutions, and implementations for each pattern.
www.ui-patterns.com
"Web Pages That Suck"
For 13 years, this site's goal has been to teach good web design by showing what
not to do. Full of galleries, advice, and checklists. Some sense of humor required.
websitesthatsuck.com
Usability
14 Website Usability Guidelines That Keep them Coming Back for More
14 good, quick tips for making your site comfortable and actually useful. Anyone involved with your site's design or content should read at least the first 8.
www.searchengineguide.com
Don't Make Me Think
Excellent, humorous book about how to help your visitors spend less time and energy thinking, and more working, learning, and finding what they need. Lots of examples.
amazon.com
Tools
Abuction plug-in for Firefox
Capture an entire web page or part of a web page and save it as an image. Make a collection of your favorite sites and which aspects/elements you like the most about them.
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3408
University Web Developers
A social network for anyone involved with creating or maintaining University web sites. Can be a good way to connect with others, get tips, and share ideas.
cuwebd.ning.com
