1. Forms and Applications Web Design Professor Frank

2. Interactive Technologies Dynamic interactions Prompt feedback Feedback in context

3. Interactive Transactions

4. Technologies Add-on technologies – Flash, JavaScript Not as widely supported as HTML

5. Ajax Ajax = Asynchronous JavaScript and xml Relies on JavaScript Content is hidden from search engines

6. Ajax and Accessibility Screen readers can’t always “read” dynamic content Keyboard users might not recognize interface widgets PDAs/cell phones – Not enough horsepower to run technologies

7. New Accessibility Standards? ARIA – Accessible Rich Internet Applications Accessible Flash – in future

8. Designing Web Applications Restraint Simplicity

9. Design Patterns Recognizable patterns for interaction (ie drop- down menus) Proven effective Widely adopted

10. Design Patterns

11. Menus Collect data in standard format Select/drop-down Radio buttons Checkboxes

12. Input Fields/Text Areas Good for open-ended responses

13. Guiding Interaction Walk users through fields using instructions, labels, prompts, and design patterns, explaining what is expected and how the page works

14. Field Labels Explain information being requested tag associates a label with its element using the “id” attribute

15. Help and Instructions

16. Default Text

17. Provide Users Feedback