Web Design and Usability Guidelines is your guide for developing usable and useful Web sites. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services researched, compiled and published information on usability and user-centered design as a set of guidelines.

The guidelines were developed to assist Web managers, designers, usability specialists, and others create Web sites that are highly responsive, easy-to-use, and useful. This app brings these best practices and guidelines to you. The app includes the guidelines including the background and methodology, a glossary, appendices, sources, and the author Index.

The guidelines cover:

• design process and evaluation
• optimizing the user experience
• accessibility
• hardware and software
• the homepage
• page layout
• navigation
• scrolling and paging
• headings, titles, and labels
• links
• text appearance
• lists
• screen-based controls (widgets)
• graphics, images, and multimedia
• writing Web content
• content organization
• search
• usability testing

Web Design and Usability Guidelines will help you create usable and useful Web sites.

Additional Screenshots