Apple.com usability knowledge of Web design for Web sites

As a designer, we are influenced by Apple in many ways, whether it's an excellent operating system, trendy consumer products, or a guide to their web/application design. From Apple's products and online web sites, Apple has always been focused on the user experience and more usability. For apple.com, design-oriented usability is very important, it must give users a good impression, based on this, users will be more interested in buying Apple products, the usability of the site to a large extent reflects the user-friendly operation of its products.

I can learn a lot from apple.com, so I use this website as a case study of some usability knowledge that needs to be noticed in web design process.

1. Fluent and practical content navigation and menus

main Menu-Apple's menu should be the most rewarding design to learn and emulate. You might ask, why is it so simple that normal navigation is powerful? First of all, is the consistency of its design, the main menu of the entire page positioning clear unity, is to avoid disturbing the user to operate the most intuitive way of expression.

In addition, this menu also uses a very simple mouse hover event, but these performances are sufficient.

JavaScript mac Menu : This reputation for the outside is one of the most concise and tightly organized navigation, and is the best way to organize the content in a specific and effective space. Compared to a reasonable content organization is more important is the convenience of operation, especially in response to the labels of the mouse is more comfortable.

Sidebar menu : Side bar navigation can give a deep impression, the availability of strong. This compact folding layer satisfies the need for a limited area to accommodate more linked content, even if a new addition comes in and does not have an impact on the layout.

Gallery navigation : Besides the content organization based on navigation design, the organization of pictures is also very important. Apple.com realizes a very simple picture display function, in addition to using the Thumbnail menu, but also uses the Lightbox performance effect, simple and concise design, but lets the user's operation performance smooth perfect.

In every Lightbox gallery, all the pictures are organized under Lightbox, and we don't have to spend the time on the "Previous, next" click Operation.

iphone featured Menu : Another simple but powerful menu, the iphone's content is a multiple-list based style navigation.

Bread crumbs Navigation : breadcrumbs Tell the user that his current operation is in the exact location of the entire site. Apple provides such a location navigation feature at the bottom of each page, which is useful for users who want to be accessible to fast Web sites.

Site Map-Sitemap is a more humble feature in terms of web usability, but it is essential in its application. Apple.com has a site map in the footer to help users find the pages they need more easily.