Group Project
Group Project
Group Project
EVALUATION
FOR
THE DALLAS
PUBLIC LIBRARY
WEBSITE
The following pages contain a heuristic
evaluation of the Dallas Public Library
website.
Prepared by:
Samantha Loeb
Crystal MorrisStromberg
Betsy Rajan
Joe Wood
July 6, 2015
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Executive
Summary
Introduction
Major Problems
Recommendations
We conducted a
heuristic evaluation
of the Dallas Public
Library website and
identified several
issues relating to
usability and user
experience. In this
presentation, we
define five major
issues with the
website
dallaslibrary2.org
and provide
recommendations
for each issue.
Usability
Problems:
Problem 1: Lack of
liquid layout
Problem 2: Search
bar option
Problem 3:
Navigation
User Experience:
Problem 4: Graphics
Problem 5: Layout
Recommendations:
Recommendation 1:
Provide liquid layout
Recommendation 2:
Include site search bar
Recommendation 3:
Reconfigure navigation
system
Recommendation 4:
Eliminate ad-like
graphics
Recommendation 5:
Decrease visual
competition
Usability
Problems
Problem definitions
Visual representations
Recommendations
Problem 1:
Lack of Liquid
Layout
Problem:
The website lacks a liquid
layout. A liquid layout adjusts
the homepage to different
screen sizes.
Without a liquid layout, users
are unable adjust the window
size and still view all of the
information on the page.
Lost
informati
on
Recommendation:
We recommend hiring a web
designer to convert the
webpage to a liquid layout.
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Problem 2:
Search Bar
Option
Problem:
Search bars are essential for
easy navigation. The site has
a search bar specifically for
catalogued books, but not for
the site in general.
New Search
Bar
location
Ambiguou
s
Search
bar
Recommendation:
We recommend adding a
search bar for the entire site
and placing it in the top righthand corner of your
homepage.
Problem 3:
Navigation
Problem:
The website has too many tabs on
the navigation bar. There should be
a max of nine items on the
navigation bar.
Remove
these
tabs.