Monday, 3 January 2011

Portfolio Design Considerations

Before I became completely set on the final idea for my portfolio, I had to take into consideration some do's and don'ts of web design. I read Steve Krugg's 'Don't Make Me Think' to gain a further understanding into usability and clarity of a website. I found that too much content is always a bad idea, and simplicity is key. I decided to make the navigation of my site as easy to understand as possible, and as Steve Krugg explains using as few words as possible (one word is best) for site pages and links are a lot easier for the user to digest.

Steve Krugg talks about the visual hierarchy, meaning the larger and bolder content will be the users main focus and the smaller content will be less important. These are considerations I would have to make in my design, this is why I have created emphasis to headings and titles by using larger and bolder fonts.