[rtpnet-list] URL for -- Re: Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines

[Judy Hallman]

I forgot to include the URL:

  http://usability.gov/pdfs/guidelines.html

Judy
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On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Judy Hallman wrote:

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