Ajax Design and Usability
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Next Available:

• 06-Oct-10 in Brussels
• 07-Feb-11 in Central London

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Web 2.0 brings with it increased interactivity - much of it through the use of Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript And Xml). Unfortunately, the arbitrary use of Ajax can damage the user experience rather than improve it. The course has been presented in a half-day version at many international conferences, most recently at CHI 2010 in Atlanta and UPA 2010 in Munich. This new one-day course was first presented at the Nielsen Norman Group Usability Week conference. It is the basis of an upcoming Morgan Kaufman title, User Experience for the Dynamic Web: Ajax Design and Usability.

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Duration

Full day (9:30 pm to 5:00 pm), including breakfast and lunch (breakfast from 8:30)

Benefits

You will learn how to identify and improve static HTML designs through the use of Ajax and DHTML (JavaScript and the Document Object Model):

• Where the biggest improvements can be made
• How to make pages more interactive without sacrificing usability or accessibility
• Designing for progressive enhancement and graceful degradation
• Giving on-screen feedback effectively

Features

• About Ajax
• Perceptual issues (change and inattention blindness, attentional gambling)
• Engaging users
• Design goals and guidelines
• Accessibility and search engine optimization (universal design)
• Effective use of Ajax (reducing navigation, real-time update, feedback)
• Implementing Ajax Solutions (an overview of Ajax toolkits)
  

Audience

Usability, UX and UCD practitioners/managers (no technical experience is required). Web designers and developers will find this course extremely useful for understanding the relationships between Ajax, usability, accessibility and SEO but should note that implementation detail is mentioned only briefly.

Participants' comments

• Fully met my needs in trying to understand what Ajax is and
  the benefits of using it
• Instructor interesting and knowledgable. Engaging.
• Use of examples and discussions were very helpful
• Instructor facilitated discussion well