Tutorial: 2. User Interface Design for the Web

Saturday 18:00 - 21:30.

David Shen, Yahoo!, USA
Irene Au, Yahoo!, USA
Brian Buschmann, Yahoo!, USA

Benefits
Learn current web user interface design issues and principles. Gain a greater understanding of the unique characteristics of designing for the web. Build your knowledge of user interface guidelines that will make your sites more usable.

Origins
New for CHI 99.

Features
Through the examination of the evolution of Yahoo! sites, we discuss lessons learned about web user interface design. We note interesting observations on users and discuss methodologies complementary to user testing to gather data that enables us to better design for users.

Audience
Beginner to intermediate level web designers familiar with HTML and surfing the web.

Presentation
Lectures with real-world examples.

Instructors
David Shen is the Director of Design at Yahoo! Inc., an Internet media company where he leads Yahoo! graphic, user interface, and usability design. Prior to Yahoo! He was a product designer at frogdesign and at Apple Computer. Irene Au is the Interaction Design Manager at Yahoo! Inc. where she works with the Yahoo! teams on usability testing and interaction design of Yahoo! properties. Prior to Yahoo!, she was an interaction designer at Netscape Communications where she worked on the Netscape 4 and 5 interfaces. Brian Buschmann is a Senior Designer at Yahoo! Inc. and leads the graphic user interface design of personalized, communication, and entertainment content sites. Prior to Yahoo!, he was designing web sites in Italy and doing graphic design at Yamamoto/Moss in Minneapolis.

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• 6. Practical Usability Methods in Web Site Design (Sunday)
• 7. Visual Design for E-Commerce and Performance Tools (Sunday)
• 22. Web Sites That Work: Designing With Your Eyes Open (Monday)
• 32. Current Issues in Web Design: Building the Network Economy (Monday evening)