NET 11: Module 4 - Evaluating the web

Task 1

Title: F-Shaped Pattern For Reading Web Content
URL: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/reading_pattern.html
Author: Jakob Nielsen

Annotation: This article written by Jakob Nielsen, Ph.D., principal of the Nielsen Norman Group, details the reading pattern of online readers. Nielsen explains how an eye tracking study found that readers typically adopt an F-shape pattern when reading online data. He also touches on the implications of said pattern and what that means to the average web developer.


Task 2

1. in terms of your own future use, which 'body ' of information (ie. the original 'snapshot' of the site, or your own, annotated, analytical version) would be most useful to refer back to?

To refer back to? It would have to be the original. The annotation is good for keeping track of why I had that site bookmarked but not for referring back to.

2. In term of external users (i.e. if you included this site as a hyperlink or resource on a website) which body of information would best help them judge if the site was useful or of interest to them?

For external users the annotation would be better. A lot of people don't bother clicking on hyper links anyway so if there is a brief annotation to tell them what the site's about without having to click all the better. If they do click after reading the annotation then they'll know what they're in for.