Basically, an effective web design is described as the one in which users are able to find information in an instance and in a logical way. Therefore, as a web designer, you must be able to know how to evaluate your own designs to see if it delivers quality outputs and effectiveness to users. Take note that there are an array of methods which can help you in evaluating the over-all performance and looks of your website.
Below are some tools that can help you know if your web design will work.
PERFORMANCE TOOLS:
* YSlow – this tool is created to examine all the components of your web page, including components dynamically created by using JavaScript. It also measures the performance of the web pages while offering you a few suggestions for improvements.
* WebPageTest – a helpful utility that analyzes the page load times while giving you a quick rundown of how well your site is performing based on a number of various criteria.
ANALYTICS TOOLS:
* Piwik – this analytics software gives interesting yet detailed reports on your website visitors, your popular pages, the search engines keywords they used, the language they speak, and all the needed information.
VALIDATION AND COMPATIBILITY TOOLS:
* HTML Validator - this validator checks the mark-up validity of Web documents in HTML, XHTML, SMIL, and MathML, thus making cross-browser design that much easier. You can also check if your source code is standardized. This tool will work perfectly for all users even though they use different browsers.
* CSS Validator – a free validation software created by the W3C that is committed to help Web designers and Web developers check the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). This tool is said to be an invaluable ally. It does not only incorrect uses of CSS, but it will also tell you when your CSS poses some risks in terms of usability.
USER FEEDBACK TOOLS:
* Five Second Test – is a simple usability test that measures the effectiveness of your user interfaces. It works by flashing up a screen shot of the particular web page for 5 second. After the page is viewed a form appears which has five spaces for the user to simply list the things they remember.
* Usabilla – this tool allows you to create your own feedback surveys. You can edit the tests in order to get useful data on how visitors find their layouts.
Use these tools listed above early in your development to ensure you're on the right track, or use it to see how well your existing site stacks up.
Below are some tools that can help you know if your web design will work.
PERFORMANCE TOOLS:
* YSlow – this tool is created to examine all the components of your web page, including components dynamically created by using JavaScript. It also measures the performance of the web pages while offering you a few suggestions for improvements.
* WebPageTest – a helpful utility that analyzes the page load times while giving you a quick rundown of how well your site is performing based on a number of various criteria.
ANALYTICS TOOLS:
* Piwik – this analytics software gives interesting yet detailed reports on your website visitors, your popular pages, the search engines keywords they used, the language they speak, and all the needed information.
VALIDATION AND COMPATIBILITY TOOLS:
* HTML Validator - this validator checks the mark-up validity of Web documents in HTML, XHTML, SMIL, and MathML, thus making cross-browser design that much easier. You can also check if your source code is standardized. This tool will work perfectly for all users even though they use different browsers.
* CSS Validator – a free validation software created by the W3C that is committed to help Web designers and Web developers check the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). This tool is said to be an invaluable ally. It does not only incorrect uses of CSS, but it will also tell you when your CSS poses some risks in terms of usability.
USER FEEDBACK TOOLS:
* Five Second Test – is a simple usability test that measures the effectiveness of your user interfaces. It works by flashing up a screen shot of the particular web page for 5 second. After the page is viewed a form appears which has five spaces for the user to simply list the things they remember.
* Usabilla – this tool allows you to create your own feedback surveys. You can edit the tests in order to get useful data on how visitors find their layouts.
Use these tools listed above early in your development to ensure you're on the right track, or use it to see how well your existing site stacks up.
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