Perancangan Multimedia Untuk World Wide Web Pertemuan 11
Perancangan Multimedia Untuk World Wide Web Pertemuan 11
http://www.apis.ca/Understanding_Websites/Good_Sites_Bad_Sites/What_makes_a_good_website.htm
Different Browsers
Not all web browsers
support proprietary
features, eg different
implementations of DHTML
Browser settings affect final
product
Fonts selected and installed
Colour of background
Hypertext colours
Autodownloading images
Window size
Browser Statistic
IE 6 51%
IE 7 21%
Firefox 12%
Netscape 11%
Safari 3%
IE 5 1%
Opera 1%
Mobile 0.3%
http://www.thecounter.com/
http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/stat.htm
Monitor and Window Issues
Many people are surfing the web with various
screen resolution and different sized window
screens.
Recommendation use liquid design when
designing your web pages.
You may want to design for the commonly used
screen resolution.
Personal Digital Assistants (eg Palm, Windows CE,
and other WAP devices have small low resolution
screens)
Liquid Design
Liquid design the web site adapts itself to the
available space, the same way water takes the
shape of the glass it is in.
Bandwith
The rule of thumb for a person using a 28.8k
modem is 2 kps to transfer web graphics.
Example : a standard 40k graphic might take
20 seconds to display on your users browser.
Accessibility Issues
Visual Impaired Users
Cannot access images that are used to convey content or to assist navigation
Have difficulty distinguishing important screen elements or text where
background images are used.
Solution
Provide ALT text for short descriptions of graphics, use & Longdesc attributes
or links out for longer pieces
Lots of motion, flashing etc can be disconcerting so avoid client-based refresh
& redirection, lots of animated gifs etc
Avoid using frames or unnecessary tables
1. Emphasize what your site offers that's of value to users and how your
services differ from those of key competitors
2. Use a liquid layout that lets users adjust the homepage size
3. Use color to distinguish visited and unvisited links
4. Use graphics to show real content, not just to decorate your homepage
5. Include a tag line that explicitly summarizes what the site or company
does
6. Make it easy to access anything recently featured on your homepage
7. Include a short site description in the window title
8. Don't use a heading to label the search area; instead use a "Search"
button to the right of the box
9. With stock quotes, give the percentage of change, not just the points
gained or lost
10. Don't include an active link to the homepage on the homepage
Text for Web
Users may choose to view the website in their preferred font (done by
setting user preference in the browser)
Standard font face : Times New Roman, Courier, etc
For flexibility in font management : CCS (Cascading Style Sheets)
CCS is available in DHTML
Images for Web
Standard format : GIF, PNG, JPEG
Other format may require special plug-ins.
GIF and PNG are lossless and support transparency
PNG GIF replacement
JPEG lossy compression, ten times more compressed than GIF
Macromedia Fireworks is designed specifically for creating graphics
for web pages.
Sound for Web
Standard format : AU, Wav, MIDI embedded
MIDI is commonly used for background music
Wav is big in size
11khz, 8 bit mono reduced quality but still audible
Using plugin : Shockwave Audio (swa), QuickTime
Animation for Web
Flash Advantages
Current Trend
Great Design
Full control and flexibility for designers to design
interactions with users
Flash issues
Long download for slow internet connection users
Need additional plug-in
Different version requires different plug-ins
Cant accommodate large amount of text
Difficult/Impossible for visually impaired users to browse
Video for Web
The largest multimedia element in size
Low bandwidth video requires compression
Choose the most commonly used compression
Streaming Technology
Data streams from the server to the player
The player commences playing while data is still
streaming
Audio streaming uses a buffer
Video streaming uses a bigger buffer
Example : www.youtube.com
Good and Bad Websites
http://www.coolhomepages.com/
http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/
Good or Bad?