PRINCIPLES FOR CREATING WEB SITES: A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE

Carlos J. Costa, Pedro Costa, Manuela Aparício

2004

Abstract

The importance of aesthetics is frequently forgotten, in order to solve this problem, we identified in the literature some of the theory that is underlying graphic design, gestalt theory and multimedia design. Based in the literature review, we proposed principles for web site design. We also present a tool to evaluate web design.

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in Harvard Style

J. Costa C., Costa P. and Aparício M. (2004). PRINCIPLES FOR CREATING WEB SITES: A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE . In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS, ISBN 972-8865-00-7, pages 484-488. DOI: 10.5220/0002613004840488


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis04,
author={Carlos J. Costa and Pedro Costa and Manuela Aparício},
title={PRINCIPLES FOR CREATING WEB SITES: A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS,},
year={2004},
pages={484-488},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002613004840488},
isbn={972-8865-00-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS,
TI - PRINCIPLES FOR CREATING WEB SITES: A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE
SN - 972-8865-00-7
AU - J. Costa C.
AU - Costa P.
AU - Aparício M.
PY - 2004
SP - 484
EP - 488
DO - 10.5220/0002613004840488