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Many elements go into successful web site design; we can cluster
those elements into sensory, conceptual, and reactive aspects.
That is, design isn't only what you see, it's also what you
think and feel as you navigate a web site. This article explores
some of the basic principles of web site design, and provides
many links to other resources for further detailed study.
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"A good site isn't built only by brilliant programmers, or by talented
graphic artists, or by lucid content authors, or by insightful managers.
It will be built by their synergy, each one respecting the contributions
of the others, and feeding off it for the inspiration for their own
creativity. Building the web is a collaboration at all levels."
is a word that tends to get overloaded with specific, personal
perspectives - what it means to three different people may well be
three different things.
If you were to ask a graphics artist, a programmer, and a librarian to
each design a web site, I think you would get three very different
results. But I think you would only get the very best results if you
could persuade them to build it together.
Web design is the synergy and synthesis of three aspects of a web site:
sensory
conceptual
reactive
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