[rtpnet-list] Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines

[Judy Hallman]

To RTPnet and TechCoop lists:

These guidelines look VERY good! BIG, but well organized, extensive table
of contents and index, and it's online -- it's pdf, but it's online. You
can download particular sections or the whole thing.

>From the Forward:

 Given the high level of Internet use by the public, there is a critical
 need for authoritative guidance in designing federal websites.

and

 Compilations of such guidelines offer newcomers a clearer roadmap to
 follow, helping them to avoid some of the swamps and potholes.

>From the Introduction:

 The Research-Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines (G u i d e l i n e
 s) were developed by the Communication Technologies Branch (CTB) of the
 National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the U.S. Department of Health and
 Human S e rvices. The G u i d e l i n e s were developed to assist those
 involved in the creation of websites base their decisions on the current
 and best available evidence. The G u i d e l i n e s are particularly
 relevant to the design of information-oriented sites, but can be applied
 across the wide spectrum of websites. Who Are the G u i d e l i n e s f o
 r ? The primary audiences for the G u i d e l i n e s are website
 designers, managers, and others involved in the creation or maintenance
 of websites.

Thanks to Alice Furumoto-Dawson <afurumot at hsph.harvard.edu> for posting a
message about the guidelines to
 The DIGITALDIVIDE discussion group <DIGITALDIVIDE at OWA.BENTON.ORG>

Judy Hallman (hallman at rtpnet.org, http://www.rtpnet.org/hallman)
Executive Director, RTPnet, NC (http://www.RTPnet.org/)