This study developed a tool which can design navigation so that users may find contents that they need on websites easily and efficiently. The tool proposed in this study saved a considerable amount of time in analyzing a large number of menus and obt...
This study developed a tool which can design navigation so that users may find contents that they need on websites easily and efficiently. The tool proposed in this study saved a considerable amount of time in analyzing a large number of menus and obtaining improved menu structures. Also, many designers and users could utilize the tool efficiently and analyzed and improved menu structures more easily and quickly.
∙ Developing a tool for user-oriented website navigation design
A tool has been developed to design navigation so that users may find contents that they need easily and efficiently on websites. Through literature research, the concept of the website and characteristics of users have been summarized. By designing the scenario of the tool and the screen and determining the direction, modules for input, storage, statistic analysis, and screen display have been developed.
∙ A case study to verify utility of the tool
In order to verify the developed tool, a case study was conducted where the tool was applied to an actual website. By utilizing the input and storage module of the tool, results of card sorting were input and stored. Through the menu analysis module, individual user menu patterns were put together and the goodness of fit of the menu category was calculated. T