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A 3 page evaluation of a web site. Usability.gov is a web site that is managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). This analysis of this web site offers a template that a student can utilize in formulating his/her own analysis of this site's practicality and utility. No additional sources cited.
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this sites practicality and utility. Summary description of the sites structure and purpose: The purpose of this site is stated explicitly below the sites logo. It reads: "Your guide
for developing usable & useful Web sites" (HHS, 2008). The site is divided into two major areas of investigation: a Step-by-Step Usability Guide and Usability Topics. Each of these major
areas is broken down by subtopics, which also links to specific related areas of focus. The "Whats New" section offers an updated 2006 research-based guidelines book on web design, as
well as recent articles. A portion of this section is also has links to usability newsletters and meetings and events. The sites overall "look and feel" and its target
audience: The site is attractive, as it utilizes color and design to good effect, as these elements make the using the site very intuitive and user-friendly. For example, the four
steps in the Step-by-Step Usability Guide--which are plan, analyze, design and test and refine-are clearly meant to be accessed in the sequential order indicated with "plan" accessed first and "test
and refine" last. This is suggested by the arrow shape of the subcategory title. Under each of these steps is a brief list of subjects addressed by this subcategory,
which entices the user to explore further. The target audience for this site is quite broad. As indicated in the introduction to the Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines, which
is available through the site, the anticipated readers are "Web site managers, designers, and others involved in the creation or maintenance of Web sites," with a "second audience" being "researchers
who investigate Web design issues" (HHS, 2008). In general, however, the HHS is interested in creating "better and more usable health and human service Web sites" (HHS, 2008). What
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