Please help me start my essay below. Prepare a paper addressing these topics: Yo
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Please help me start my essay below.Prepare a paper addressing these topics:
Your assessment of the usability of each of these three sites, as you understand it (be sure to be explicit about your criteria)
http://www.usability.gov/
http://www.transparencynow.com/index.html
http://www.useit.com/jakob/
Specifics about what features are and are not usable and why. Where something is low on usability, offer your suggestions as to what might improve it.
A summary paragraph describing the overall process of usability assessment as you experienced it.
To help structure your review, you may want to use the checklist provided at http://www.pantos.org/atw/35317.html,but we're more interested in your overall informed judgment than a numerical score.
Explanation / Answer
http://www.usability.gov/
· The clarity of communication of this site is good. It provides information about various usability methods and basics for which the site is intended for
· The accessibility of the site is good. It provides a blog for communication so that readers can communicate easily with the administrator regarding the site and its content or any issues.
· Consistency is somewhat lacking. The look and feel of the site can still be improved. The home page can be made more attractive and clear for vision with good spacing between each topic.
· Navigation through the site is good. It has various topics and also the depth of the navigation is not more.
· Design and maintenance is also good.
· The visual presentation can be improved further by using some better colors pleasant to eyes and better combinations of background and foreground colors.
http://www.transparencynow.com/index.html
· Accessibility is good as it provides options like sending email to the author, requesting updates, letters etc.
· The visual representation is also good with better colors and background.
· Navigation is also good as each link provides information of what exactly is needed with a single click.
· Consistency lacks because of the look and feel. It has various links and it may be confusing when the page is seen.
http://www.useit.com/jakob/
· The site serves the need for information better as it provides various books and profiles that may be useful.
· The navigation of the site is also good.
· The visual presentation is lacking. The look feel is to be still improved. Using tabs can be helpful. As all the content is displayed on the same page it may be difficult to find what is needed immediately.
· Accessibility can also be improved by providing more sources of communications like blogs, email etc.
A website with easy navigation through links; meand not going deep into the pages. The site should be in such a way that information can be accessed easily. The colors and look and feel must be in a pleasing way and more attractive to the users. Source to contact and communicate must be good. If all such issues addressed properly the website can be more usable.