Minor Project 15: Read & Blog Chapter 3

In Steve Krug's Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability he discusses designing web pages for scanning and not reading.  He lists many different ways to achieve this goal such as creating a clear visual hierarchy and breaking up pages into clearly defined areas.  I think those are 2 of the more important points that he discusses in chapter 3 because they set the tone for everything else.  Creating a clear visual hierarchy makes sure that the most important things on the website are read first.  Also, by making things that are related look uniform, it makes it easier for the user to navigate quickly.  He goes on to say, "A good visual hierarchy saves us work by preprocessing the page for us, organizing and prioritizing its contents in a way that we can grasp almost instantly."  The second point that Krug makes that I think is very important is breaking pages up into clearly defined areas.  Using a well defined grid makes everything more visibly grouped.  People can quickly figure out which information is useful to them and know that everything contained in that same area could pertain to them as well.