21 Websites With Truly Great Usability

Posted by David Watson . on April 9, 2013

It is absolutely undeniable that usability is an important part of web design. Either it is a web store, a web app or a portfolio website – making each and every page easy to surf through is the key task for their owner. A few guidelines are generally recommended to follow for achieving the best usability when developing any type of a website.

Here’s a short list of the tips:

  • Remember of the design quality as an indicator of your website credibility;
  • Ideally form labels work best if positioned above the field;
  • Majority of users do not scroll, therefore keep in mind to place only the key content on top positions, landing pages specifically.
  • Users focus on faces and wherever these faces look, the users instinctively follow this direction;
  • Provide testing to your website – some testing is better than no testing at all;
  • White space enhances perception and makes readability much easier (a number of other web design tricks are included into the use of white space);
  • Most users do not care about ads which suggests that your website shouldn’t be overloaded with this type of information or look too much like one big commercial all together.
  • Product pages should be informative – this will help you to stand out in the crowd of other websites;
  • The perfect width for a search box is 27 characters – long enough for all types of queries.

When your website has high quality content and it is a pleasure to read and easy to find and navigate through – the main goal is achieved, either you manage a webstore, a company domain, or you run a blog.

Below is the list of websites with great usability – the examples worth following:

1. CNN

1.CNN

2. Gmail.com

2. GmailCom

3. Dropbox

3. Dropbox

4. Amazon

4.Amazon

5. Yahoo

5.Yahoo

6. YouTube

6.Youtube

7. Dell

7.Dell

8. GAP

8.GAP

9. AT&T

9.AT&T

10. Tesco

10.Tesco

11. RetailMeNot

11.RetailMeNot

12. Audible

12.Audible

13. Kiwibank

13.Kiwibank

14. WebDevRefinery

14.WebDevRefinery

15. TradeMe

15.TradeMe

16. GetGarvest

16.GetHarvest

17. JCP

17.JCP

18. American Eagle Outfitters

18.AmericanEagleOutfitters

19. BestBuy

19.BestBuy

20. Progressive

20.Progressive

21. Geico

21.Geico

 

 

About the Author:

The article is kindly provided by Zfort Group, IT outsourcing service provider. All the IT challenges can be solved by the company – custom web design in London, or bespoke software development in San Francisco – there are no difficulties for Zfort Group.

 

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