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Visually Critiquing Web Pages

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This paper explores how visual information is organized in a web page. A cognitive framework is outlined for how web pages are processed into a visual hierarchy. The guidelines derived are implemented as rules in a critiquing system and embedded in a web editing tool, allowing the user to spot potential design problems. The paper concludes with a critique of two well known web pages.

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  1. Microsoft Corp, Redmond, WA, USA, 98058

    Pete Faraday

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  1. New University of Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal

    Dr. Nuno Correia

  2. University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    Dr. Teresa Chambel

  3. MIT Media Laboratory, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Dr. Glorianna Davenport

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Faraday, P. (2000). Visually Critiquing Web Pages. In: Correia, N., Chambel, T., Davenport, G. (eds) Multimedia ’99. Eurographics. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6771-7_17

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