When it comes to Human-Computer interaction, it’s important that a user know exactly how to work something before they ever interact with it. Affordances, readability, typography, and many other factors of HCI are crucial to the ease of use of your website. If it’s unfamiliar and not easy to use, chances are people will leave.
Thats why I always make sure to add in all the little details that make navigating and using every site I make so simple even a three year old could use them. Because of all the things you want people to think about on your site, trying to figure out how it works isn’t one of them.
Getting your name out there is what it’s all about. That’s why I use properly structured, semantic markup, paired with proper Search Engine Optimization on every site I build, free of charge. Because what good is a website if nobody can find it?
I also want to make sure you reach as many of your potential demographic as possible. To accomplish this, I take into account things most people never think about. Designing for the color blind, adding functionality for the hearing impaired,, and other crucial steps are taken to ensure that if someone wants to use your website, they will be able to.
