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with Web-based applications in mind and could have been used in the development of
this project, however, these methodologies are not as well known as standard
development methodologies and therefore may not be as proven.
Web Site Design:
Chen & Yen (2004) believe that imperative to the success of a Web site, and to
deliver the best user experience, are proper design and several essential features. Of
critical importance to a Web site is how users will navigate through the multitude of
pages linked on that site. Yu, Roh & Han (2001) performed a study on three different
types of menu systems as seen in Figure 5.
Figure 5 - Three Menu Styles Studied; simple selection menu (Left), global and local navigation aid
menu (Middle), and pull-down menu (Right) (Yu et al., 2001).
. The results of the study showed that the pull-down menu design was more
beneficial for users than the other two style while performing search related tasks. Yu et
al. (2001) attribute this to the fact that the users are able to navigate to lower levels of the
site without first navigating to pages that contain the links to the pages below them.
While performing browsing tasks the results showed that users preferred the global and
local navigation style (Yu et al., 2001).