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Half a year has passed, time for the next JREF revamp!
Aims: a) easier navigation + b) higher legibility + c) better structurisation = higher user friendliness
a) in addition to the site menu at the bottom of each page I will add a top navigation menu (see the dev page linked below)
b) larger fonts: not all of our users are teenagers with 10/10 eyesight, and the admin is growing older too, lol. I have based my choice of fonts on the following usability studies
=> http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-family/sampler-WindowsResults.shtml
=> http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usabilitynews/3S/font.htm (very interesting!)
c) "spacier" design without unnecessary bells and whistles (no spacer and navigation images, nested tables etc.)
I contemplated about using CSS for the entire site, but gave up on the idea with regard to incompatibility issues of older browsers such as Netscape 4.x.
Here's a preview of what I have on my mind. Expecting an outcry of aesthetes, I invite you to post your feedback. It's just a temporary page, so most of the links will not work.
Dev page
=> http://dev.japanreference.com/
Aims: a) easier navigation + b) higher legibility + c) better structurisation = higher user friendliness
a) in addition to the site menu at the bottom of each page I will add a top navigation menu (see the dev page linked below)
b) larger fonts: not all of our users are teenagers with 10/10 eyesight, and the admin is growing older too, lol. I have based my choice of fonts on the following usability studies
=> http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-family/sampler-WindowsResults.shtml
=> http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usabilitynews/3S/font.htm (very interesting!)
c) "spacier" design without unnecessary bells and whistles (no spacer and navigation images, nested tables etc.)
I contemplated about using CSS for the entire site, but gave up on the idea with regard to incompatibility issues of older browsers such as Netscape 4.x.
Here's a preview of what I have on my mind. Expecting an outcry of aesthetes, I invite you to post your feedback. It's just a temporary page, so most of the links will not work.
Dev page
=> http://dev.japanreference.com/