- Christina Leeper <cleeper@aarp.org>
My design concerns involve sight organization, navigation through a
complex and very large sight, and creating an interface that feels
"familiar". There is a currently existing monster of an Intranet that
has well outgrown its original poorly designed interface. Changing
its structure and design to increase its usability is the big
challenge.
The Intranet serves a staff of 2000 around the country including nine
divisions at headquarters and several dozen state and area offices.
Content includes web-based applications, staff directories, human
resource facts and information about every function and current event
throughout the Association. Currently the easiest way to find
information is through the search.
- Challenges for the new sight include:
- Logical new categories based on functions
- Accessibility to the same information with navigation through the
Association Structure
- Organizing directory structures to fit these two scenarios would
be another workshop
- Navigation that interactively lets you know where you are and how you
got there
- A home page that is customizable by each user
- Navigation that feels comfortable or familiar to the user
- An "attention getter" for new items, one that is built into the
design
- Space for growth
- NO frames
- Issues concerning redesign (versus starting from scratch) can be
either a launching pad or a brick wall. A closer look at how to make
the best out of these situations would be a great place to start with
this proposal.
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