A
Accessiblity
B
C
Click-Depth
Connectedness
D
Dark Patterns
E
Erwartungs-
konformität
F
Frankensteining
G
H
I
J
K
L
Legibility
Legibility
M
Misconvenience
N
Negative Space
O
P
Personalization
Q
R
S
Simplicity
T
Tools
U
Usability
Use
V
W
X
Y
Z
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2-Second-Rule
If a website is unusable, the content is inaccessible to the user.
So usability is something every website needs in some form. There
are certain usability rules that one should know, even if it is only
to break them. But rather than checking off as many usability
guidelines as possible, it could be more useful to ask: For whom and
for what purposes should the website be usable?
Usability is defined by effectiveness, efficiency, and
satisfaction. But what is the relationship between these
aspects? Sometimes it can be more efficient for the sake of
raising the user’s interest, to make a website more complicated.
How much can we ask of the user? And what do they ask of us?
Creating unusable websites can be a compromise or an exploration
of the relationship between user and designer. It can be a
concession that websites are never finished, that errors and
bugs are always part of it.
At the same time, making a website “harder to use” affects
different users to a different degree. Issues of accessibility,
digital literacy, and inclusiveness have to be considered. Not
everything has to be for everyone. But it should be an active
decision, whether or not a user gets lost on a website, for whom
the site is accessible and if we want to fix or feed the bugs.
The course (Un)Usable Websites aims to redefine usability by
creating a digital glossary. This consist of small web
experiments exploring different terms, which are designed and
coded by the students.
Course Website:
Alexandra Vögtle
Digital Editorial Course
About
www.unusable-websites.katharinanejdl.com
Participants
Cam Van Pham
Hyeona Uhm
Leonardo Alliata
Maria Neri
Merle Häußler
Seifeldeen Elfouly
Burg Halle 2022
Instructor:
Katharina Nejdl