Improving the Web with Better Design

Paul McKey , PhD Candidate, Southern Cross University. Email: paul.mckey@redbean.com.au

Keywords

User-centred design, experience design, interaction design, information design.

Abstract

Poor design is a hallmark of the World Wide Web. This is expected as in this relatively new media humans struggle to understand what works and what doesn’t and what is possible and not possible. Old arguments of form versus function, borrowed from architecture and other design schools, seem outdated in a world where Berners-Lee and others talk of Collective Creativity. What are the steps to design better experiences for users of the world wide web? This Poster outlines the research for a user-centred design that will improve the usefulness of the Web.