From: rmah@angel.net (Robert Mah)
Reply-To: web-design-request@angel.net
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.www.announce
Followup-To: comp.infosystems.www.misc
Subject: Mailing list devoted to web design issues
Date: 23 Apr 1995 23:37:22 -0700
Organization: Angel Networks, Inc.
Message-ID: <3nfgv2$nsu@alfa02.Medio.Net>

I've started a new mailing list devoted to the discussion of the
effective design of WWW sites.

By "design" I mean things like:
  - The structure and organization of the web pages
  - Proper use of graphics, sound and video.
  - Working within the constraints of the media
  - Navigation (making sure the user doesn't get "lost")
  - Presentation issues
  - Interactivity issues (or the lack thereof)
  - Semantic models (i.e. brocure vs theatre vs hypertext vs ...)
  - Pros and cons of proposed design guidelines.

WWW is still a new medium and there isn't much in the way of
accepted design practices or even rules of thumb.  What constitues
"good" web design is still very much up in the air.

When cinema was new, people simply filmed stage plays and put them
on the screen.  Similarly, many web sites seem to be no more than
electronic brocures.  WWW is capable of much more.

Hopefully, a forum for discussing possible directions will lead to
"better" sites that take full advantage of the medium while working
within its constraints.

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Rob
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