INTRODUCTION
The students need to choose on website
for the requirement of this assignment.
They must evaluate the website based on the website evaluation principle
which is known as heuristic evaluation. The students do a research on what is
heuristic evaluation and understand it before starting their evaluating
session.
Contents
VISIBILITY
OF SYSTEM STATUS
The system should always keep users informed about what is going on,
through appropriate feedback within reasonable time.
Figure 1
When we click to this sign
in this
website, the website system took several times to open the new window.
MATCH BETWEEN SYSTEM AND
THE REAL WORLD
The system should speak the users' language, with words, phrases and
concepts familiar to the user, rather than system-oriented terms. Follow
real-world conventions, making information appear in a natural and logical
order.
Figure 2
The user can understand the content in website by choosing the language
that they understand to view the website.
USER
CONTROL AND FREEDOM
Users often choose system functions by mistake and will need a clearly
marked "emergency exit" to leave the unwanted state without having to
go through an extended dialogue. Support undo and redo.
Figure 3
Based on the arrangement of menu options that are available, the user
can find out which one of the main options menu and so on.
CONSISTENCY
AND STANDARDS
Users should not have to wonder whether different words, situations, or
actions mean the same thing. Follow platform conventions.
Figure 4
The
website used different type of font size ‘to let users know which one is a main
idea elaboration of the main idea. This website also used a coloured font to show
the important sentences in the website.
ERROR PREVENTION
Even better than good error messages is a careful design which prevents
a problem from occurring in the first place. Either eliminate error-prone
conditions or check for them and present users with a confirmation option
before they commit to the action.
Figure 5
The website has already put the hint
and option button to prevent the user to make an error during online
registration.
AESTHETIC AND MINIMALIST DESIGN
Dialogues should not contain information
which is irrelevant or rarely needed. Every extra unit of information in a
dialogue competes with the relevant units of information and diminishes their
relative visibility.
Figure 6
The user can know about the relevant content
and information they expect by see the pop up dialogue that already provide the
list of contents inside the category. So, the novice user also can find the
information they need easily. By clicking the contents provided, the user will
directly get the information that related to the content.
RECOGNITION RATHER THAN
RECALL
Minimize the user's memory load by making objects, actions, and options
visible. The user should not have to remember information from one part of the
dialogue to another. Instructions for use of the system should be visible or
easily retrievable whenever appropriate.
Figure 7
The user just can identify the
information that they need by drag the cursor to the menu selection, when the
user drag it, the pop up of all title of information will perform.
FLEXIBILITY AND
EFFICIENCY OF USE
Accelerators -- unseen by the novice user -- may often speed up the
interaction for the expert user such that the system can cater to both
inexperienced and experienced users. Allow users to tailor frequent actions.
Figure 8
The novice user and expert user also
can recognize the function of the sign
because this sign usually used in designing interfaces
of product such as remote control, mp3 player and another.
AESTHETIC AND MINIMALIST DESIGN
Dialogues should not contain information which is irrelevant or rarely
needed. Every extra unit of information in a dialogue competes with the
relevant units of information and diminishes their relative visibility.
Figure 9
The website dialogues just contain the needed information and if the
user interesting to know more information. They can click on this button
only.
.
HELP USERS RECOGNIZE,
DIAGNOSE, AND RECOVER FROM ERRORS
Error messages should be expressed in plain language (no codes),
precisely indicate the problem, and constructively suggest a solution.
Figure 10
The text language of this website is easier to make a user understand
what a company try to say. On this website also they do not use difficult words
or the words that make a user confuse to understand the actual meaning of the
sentences.
HELP
AND DOCUMENTATION
Even though it is better if the system can be used without
documentation, it may be necessary to provide help and documentation. Any such
information should be easy to search, focused on the user's task, list concrete
steps to be carried out, and not be too large.
Figure 11
The website helped the user to find
the information by click this particular menu. It is the simple instruction for
the user to identify the details and information in this website.
CONCLUSION
The student learnt about the way to
evaluating website by using heuristic evaluation principles that introduce by
lecturer in class session. The students also know what the good website characteristics
and they can use the knowledge when they want to create the website later on.
They will evaluate how good their website based on the heuristic principle to
measure either their website is good enough.
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