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COM 205 Multimedia Applications

COM 205 Multimedia Applications . St. Joseph’s College Fall 2003. Basic Software Design . Consider your audience. Who? What? When? Where? How?. Technology. Connection- 14.4K modems/ fast T1 Don’t over use graphics – too slow Monitor size Put most important info at top of page

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COM 205 Multimedia Applications

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  1. COM 205Multimedia Applications St. Joseph’s College Fall 2003

  2. Basic Software Design

  3. Consider your audience • Who? • What? • When? • Where? • How?

  4. Technology • Connection- 14.4K modems/ fast T1 • Don’t over use graphics – too slow • Monitor size • Put most important info at top of page • Don’t clutter screen • Don’t cause too much scrolling • Browsers available • Netscape • Internet Explorer • Plug-ins

  5. Some Design Issues • Speed ( of loading) • Simplicity ( say more with less…) • Clarity • Consistency • Easy of use • Ease of navigation • “Bells and Whistles”

  6. Speed • Should load quickly • Choose text and graphics wisely • Not too many bitmaps! • Balance text and graphics • Design for the disabled or those without graphics • Use ALT tag in HTML • Blind will hear description of image with synthesized speech • Some may choose not to load graphics and can still understand the message

  7. Simplicity and Clarity • Use basic layout and themes • Use only a few colors and fonts • Choose clear consistent icons with universal meaning • Include no more than 5 to 7 items on a menu

  8. Consistency • Provide and overview/summary screen • Each link and page should have the same “look and feel”where possible • Use same colors for hotlinks, etc…

  9. Ease of Use • Easy to read text and font size • Use text appropriate to your audience • Provide sense of “where you are” • Check for dead ends- pages without links • Use good navigational controls

  10. Ease of Navigation • Provide navigational controls • ( back, next, home, top, bottom) • Button bars are often helpful • Include common links on each page • Home • Email • Back, etc.

  11. “Bells and Whistles” • Animation should be meaningful not distracting • Don’t go over board- one screen is not meant to contain ALL you know or have learned • Use special effects where they enhance your message…

  12. Interesting Resources • Web Page Design Guides • http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual • http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/design/?tw=design • http://www.killersites.com • Virtual Computer Library • http://www.utexas.edu/computer/vcl/www.html • Animation • http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/multimedia/animation/tutorials/tutorial1.html

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