Common Information Architecture Documents
Posted: December 31st, 2008 | Author: msh | Filed under: The Basics | Tags: informationarchitecture, Strategy | No Comments »What’s in a web page design, anyway? If you abstract away the colors, textures, imagery — all of the elements we call the “look and feel” — what’s left?
- Words
- Links
- Buttons
- Input fields
- Columns
- Boxes
- Scroll bars
Mmm, boring list. That’s good, though: this should not be the exciting part. The exciting parts should be the purpose and content of the web site, and the look and feel that give it life — the struggle and the glory of web design. The elements in the list above should be the basic tools, not the wheels you’re going to reinvent in order to make your site the greatest thing ever to happen to the web.
