IDD 410- Intro and Ch. 1

From the book Site Seeing: A Visual Approach to Web Usability by Luke Wroblewski

Five points from Introduction
1. New technologies do not happen over night, they evolve just as humans do.
2. The early web was not for everyone. It was a different computer type language.
3. Use of images as well as text attracted people to the web.
4. People worldwide could be connected when an Internet browser was introduced.
5. Web page design was based on trial and error. Some site layouts work better.

Five points from Chapter 1
1. The web speaks many languages through different forms of communication.
2. Communication is transferred to the viewer via images, text, sound, color, and motion.
3. Each website has a message even if it is not intentional.
4. The designer of the webpage needs to research the company to find out about the client and what their goals and needs are.
5. Websites are based on who their target audience is by providing information they seek.