Velocity of Media Consumption: TV vs. the Web Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox
Summary:
The granularity of user decisions is much finer on the Web, which is dominated by the instant gratification of the user’s needs in any given instant. Content must cater to this rapid pace.
I enjoy reading Jakob Nielsen’s website so I thought I’d pass this link along. In comparing television to the web, Nielsen posits that television is “easy” as the programming is all presented to us whereas on the web we are constantly making decisions about what to do–read, click, watch, etc.
I’d be curious as to how this might apply to gaming, too.
Tags: nielsen, tv, web
PSDTuts - Photoshop Tutorials and Links - 9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design
I’ve become a fan of lately of good web design, especially simple web design. It’s not too difficult to put up a website nowadays, especially for teachers. The trick, I think, is to make the site navigable in a simple sort of way. Part of the issue in helping teachers to develop their site is that they don’t have a lot of extra time to learn a bunch about web design, so using a simple program or even a blog type of software can be helpful. If someone wants to learn more about how to create a simple, clean and clear website, then the link above might be very helpful. It is for me, anyways. Some thoughts about it all–keep navigation simple, consider how visually pleasing the site is and make it so that the links make sense as to where people will go when they click on them.
Hope this helps a bit!
Make it a good day–
Tags: html, web, web design
