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DESIGNING
EVALUATING
ADMINISTRATION of
HYPERMEDIA
APPLICATIONS
Monica Vladoiu
PG University of Ploiesti, ROMANIA
mvladoiu@yahoo.com
Subject of this
class
presents some criteria
on
how to
plan
design Hypermedia (HM)
applications
evaluat
use
e
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a HM application represents a
combination of 3 equally important
elements: content, form and
functionality;
developing an application that works the
way it was intended to and that
successfully delivers its content to its users
requires the combination of several
capabilities:
careful planning and project management;
mastery of the material to be presented;
the understanding
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PGUthe technical
Romania mvladoiu@yahoo.com
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PROJECT
PLANNING
evaluate resources and identify requirements
tools costs
LAN
hybrid method
formal/informal procedures
interview
monitor work
observe reading …
onset of motion will attract attention; but it will also shift focus
away from static objects in the scene
animation requires attention; if attention is already focused
(reading a text/label or attending to another animation) motion
onset may not automatically shift attention
animation should be used with care; tracking an object motion
will maintain focus but may prevent focus shifting elsewhere
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Guidelines for
text
generally an image will be focused on before text; if focus is
required on the text prior to the image, the text should be
displayed before the image or the text area should be larger
than the image
revealing captions and labels is particularly effective and
can be used to direct the user’s reading sequence
ensuring that a label and an object appear together
improves the identification process
reading time is necessary for text; when users are reading
text, focus will not be able to shift until a break is
encountered (end of a sentence/paragraph:
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Guidelines for
speech
multiple strands of speech or sound will interfere with each
other and distract focus; no more than one strand of
speech should be presented at once
revealing of objects and labels when cued in the speech
track is essential; cueing labels within the speech track will
produce a shift of attention to the object and its label
reading time after cueing a text is also needed. Reveals or
animation for the duration of speech segment, which cues a
label, must be avoided
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Elements used in HM
applications
visual metaphors
predefined templates
navigational paradigms
own patterns multimedia elements