Usability Guidelines for a Generic Educational Game Shell

2010 ◽  
pp. 390-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Sauvé
Keyword(s):  
Interface Design ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Educational Game ◽  
Media Design ◽  
Text Color ◽  
The Media ◽  
Visual Interfaces ◽  
The Web

This chapter discusses usability rules for avoiding defects in the media design for Generic Educational Game Shell (GEGS) components, including visual interfaces, text, and sound. These rules served as a guide for the Web design of the Parcheesi™ GEGS and the games that it generates. The first section of the chapter deals with the screen, text, color, windows, images, and video as well as sound used in the input forms of the GEGS. The final section discusses some errors to be avoided in the interface design.

A Short History of Designing for Communication on the Web

2011 ◽  
pp. 118-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon B. Heilesen
Keyword(s):  
Interface Design ◽  
Web Design ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Short History ◽  
Complex Interplay ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Web

Web design is important for how we communicate on the Internet, and it also has an in?uence on computer interface design in general. Taking a very literal view of the theme of “designing for communication”, this chapter examines the development of Web design as a prerequisite for understanding what it has become today, and it concludes by offering some re?ections on the future of Web design. In the ?rst part of the chapter, the history of Web design is outlined in terms of the complex interplay of various social, cultural, economic, technological, and communicative factors. This section concludes with the presentation of a framework for Web design that allows for—if not actually reconciles—the many existing approaches to the subject. In the second part of the chapter, it is suggested that Web design, as it has developed so far, may be facing major changes as the requirements of users and the technologies employed to meet them are changing.

scholarly journals Graphic design and placement of map tools in mobile map application

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Tymoteusz Horbinski ◽  
Beata Medynska-Gulij ◽  
Paweł Cybulski
Keyword(s):  
Graphic Design ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Task Execution ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Mobile Mapping ◽  
Tracking Method ◽  
Web Mapping ◽  
The Web

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> <strong>Research problem</strong>: The analysis of the user’s preferences concerning the layout and graphic design of mapping tools in the mobile mapping application is the problem touched upon in the research. The authors focused on six public web mapping services (Google Maps, Bing Maps, Here WeGo, ArcGis Maps and the Polish geoportal: geoportal.gov.pl), analyzing them in terms of their graphic variability and the functionality of their mapping tools.</p><p>The <strong>aim</strong> of the research carried out was to test the user’s preferences concerning the number and layout of buttons in the web mapping service. The research also touched upon the issue of variability in graphic web design of mapping tools in mobile cartography. The authors concentrated on the following six mapping tools, also referred to as buttons: Geolocation, Change layers, Search, Default range maps, Measure, Route. Those functions most frequently occurred on selected web mapping services. The authors could learn about their usefulness through subjective choices of respondents.</p><p><strong>Method</strong>: One hundred respondents took part in the research and, by means of the anonymous online questionnaire, they answered some questions and decided upon the number, layout and visual aspect of buttons. The comparison of subjective user’s preferences in the layout of mapping tools to the system of public web mapping services has made the research innovative.</p><p>The <strong>results</strong> obtained allow one to draw the conclusion that the user’s preferences differ from the solutions utilized on mapping portals and have been employed for the comparative analysis of the eight most popular global web mapping services. The study conducted by means of the eye-tracking method demonstrated that objective functionality (time and method of specific task execution) differs from subjective evaluation made by map users on smartphones and large desktop display screens.</p>

scholarly journals SEO and Digital News Media: Visibility of Cultural Information in Spain’s Leading Newspapers

Tripodos ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 41-61
Author(s):  
Carlos Lopezosa ◽  
Lluís Codina ◽  
Mario Pérez-Montoro
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
News Media ◽  
Search Engines ◽  
Web Traffic ◽  
Social Signals ◽  
Digital News ◽  
The Media ◽  
Visibility Index ◽  
The Web ◽  
Digital Newspapers

This paper undertakes a comparative analysis of the visibility, and of other SEO indicators, of the culture sections of Spain’s leading digital newspapers —specifically, elmundo.es, elpais. com, lavanguardia.com, abc.es, el­confidencial.com and 20minutos.es— based on data collected by the media analytics company, comScore, and the web traffic metric, Alexa Rank. The analysis employs a set of positioning in­dicators: namely, a visibility index, keywords, social signals, keyword profiles, URLs, SERP-Snippets, reference domains and best anchor texts, as made availa­ble by SISTRIX, an SEO analytics audit toolbox. Thus, we were able to deter­mine which of the digital newspapers’ culture sections has the best visibility. Likewise, we were able to identify which of these media are best positioned on Google, presumably as a result of more effective positioning strategies. We con­clude with a discussion of our results and, on the basis of these findings, re­commend ways in which the visibility of journalistic information can be optimi­sed in search engines.   SEO i cibermitjans: visibilitat de la informació cultural dels principals diaris d’Espanya Aquest article realitza una anàlisi com­parativa de visibilitat i altres indicadors SEO de la secció de cultura dels principals cibermitjans espanyols: elmundo.es, elpais.com, lavanguardia.com, abc. es, elconfidencial.com i 20minutos. es. Les anàlisis s’han dut a terme amb la utilització d’un conjunt d’indicadors de posicionament (visibilitat, paraules clau, senyals socials, paraules clau, url, snippets, dominis de referència i mi­llors textos àncora) utilitzant l’eina de auditoria i anàlisi de posicionament en cercadors, SISTRIX. Ens preguntem quin d’aquests mitjans té millor una secció de notícies culturals amb millor visibilitat. L’estudi dut a terme amb els indicadors seleccionats permet, d’aquesta manera, presentar una anàlisi comparativa del periodisme cultural i identificar quins d’aquests mitjans presenten millors posicions a Google, presumiblement, com a resultat d’estratègies de posicio­nament. Finalitzem amb una discussió dels resultats juntament amb unes re­comanacions finals per optimitzar la vi­sibilitat de la informació periodística en els cercadors.

scholarly journals Perancangan Desain User Interface Aplikasi KABITA Untuk Menginformasikan Kuliner Street Food Kota BandungTION TO INFORM INFORMATION STREET FOOD CULINARY BANDUNG CITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-40
Author(s):  
Diwan Setiawan ◽  
Sri Wulandari
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Street Food ◽  
City Street ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Media ◽  
Information Media ◽  
The City

Bandung is a city that has a variety of culinary, it makes this city as a culinary tourism destination that highly demanded by both domestic and foreign tourists. Based on data from the Department of Culture and Tourism of Bandung, Bandung has a legendary street food culinary that is highly favored by culinary enthusiasts who visit this city. Street food culinary is snacks that have been around for a long time with authentic flavors and stories behind, some of popular street food culinary are bandros, combro, colenak, ketan bakar, cireng ​​and others. The rapid development of culinary potential in this city has caused many new street foods that enriches culinary diversity in Bandung so that culinary enthusiasts need an information media contains of information about culinary in this city, especially authentic street food culinary which is starting to be hard to find. Through qualitative methods and data collection techniques by means of field studies such as observation, interviews and questionnaires, it is necessary to design an application-based information media. The final results of this research is user interface design for the media that informs Bandung street food culinary. Inspired by the word kabita which comes from Sundanese means tempted to taste food, was chosen as the name of the application that informs culinary street food in the city of Bandung that aims to facilitate culinary enthusiasts to get that information

Language history questionnaire (LHQ 2.0): A new dynamic web-based research tool

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 673-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
PING LI ◽  
FAN ZHANG ◽  
ERLFANG TSAI ◽  
BRENDAN PULS
Keyword(s):  
Language Learners ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Language History ◽  
Dynamic Web ◽  
Access To Data ◽  
Multiple Languages ◽  
Privacy Issues ◽  
The Web

The language history questionnaire (LHQ) is an important tool for assessing the linguistic background of bilinguals or second language learners and for generating self-reported proficiency in multiple languages. Previously we developed a generic LHQ based on the most commonly asked questions in published studies (Li, Sepanski & Zhao, 2006). Here we report a new web-based interface (LHQ 2.0) that has more flexibility in functionality, more accuracy in data recording, and more privacy for users and data. LHQ 2.0 achieves flexibility, accuracy, and privacy by using dynamic web-design features for enhanced data collection. It allows investigators to dynamically construct individualized LHQs on the fly and allows participants to complete the LHQ online in multiple languages. Investigators can download and delete the LHQ results and update their user and experiment information on the web. Privacy issues are handled through the online assignment of a unique ID number for each study and password-protected access to data.

scholarly journals Personality Goes a Long Way

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Costa Lobo
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Voting Behaviour ◽  
Party Organizations ◽  
The Third ◽  
Strong Trend ◽  
The Media ◽  
Electoral Behaviour ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Personalization Of Politics

This article reviews books which test the personalization of politics, looking at different dimensions of the growing importance of leaders over time, namely for political parties, in electoral behaviour and in the media. Only recently have wide-ranging comparative longitudinal studies on leaders been carried out. The personalization thesis is not equally demonstrated across all dimensions. Indeed, we find something of a puzzle: There is no strong trend towards personalization of party organizations, whereas in electoral behaviour the evidence points to the increasing use by voters of leaders as heuristics. This attests to the decline of the importance of parties. The personalization of media may be the mechanism which explains the change in voting behaviour, and the third and final section of the review looks into that arena. We conclude with some suggestions on further research on the personalization of politics.

People Seeking People

2020 ◽  
pp. 113-130
Author(s):  
Jessa Lingel
Keyword(s):  
Sex Trafficking ◽  
General Public ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Social Connection ◽  
Social Expectations ◽  
The Past ◽  
The People ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Web

This chapter looks at what made craigslist personals distinctive from other online dating platforms, focusing on shifting norms around anonymity and a persistent social stigma. More than any other section, the personals demonstrate a Web 1.0 vision of social connection, where experimentation and risk were valued over trust infrastructure. Craigslist's politics of openness and inclusion were contested most fiercely when it came to sex and dating, demonstrated by legislation like Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) as well as the tendency to stigmatize craigslist personals and the people who use them. Like newspaper classified ads of the past, craigslist personals were often viewed suspiciously by the general public, sensationally by the media, and as a gateway to the margins by academics. By being so open and accessible, craigslist invited spectators and voyeurs, as well as critics. Stigma here emerges as a response to the gap between social expectations of sex and dating and the messy, shady, serendipitous reality of the web.

Visual Identity Design for Responsive Web

2019 ◽  
pp. 1828-1836
Author(s):  
Sunghyun Ryoo Kang ◽  
Debra Satterfield
Keyword(s):  
Web Design ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Visual Identity ◽  
Responsive Web Design ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Web

Responsive web design, which works for multiple screen sizes and devices, has changed the web ecosystem. However, maintaining a strong and consistent visual identity in a responsive web design is challenging because of the nature of its flexible or liquid layout and navigation. The purpose of this chapter is to identify design strategies for managing the visual identity of a site, the placement of images, and navigation methods that work consistently across the framework of responsive websites and devices.

Visual Identity Design for Responsive Web

2018 ◽  
pp. 8079-8086
Author(s):  
Sunghyun Ryoo Kang ◽  
Debra Satterfield
Keyword(s):  
Web Design ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Visual Identity ◽  
Responsive Web Design ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Web

Responsive Web Design, a flexible that works for multiple screen sizes and devices, has changed the web eco system. However, maintaining a strong and consistent visual identity in a responsive web design is challenging because of nature of its flexible or liquid layout and navigation. The purpose of this study is to identify design strategies for managing the visual identity of a site, the placement of images, and navigation methods that work consistently across the framework of responsive websites and devices.

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