Improving HonTour.com: Designing Information Architecture for the Users
Author
Jørgensen, Helene
Term
4. Term
Education
Publication year
2013
Submitted on
2013-05-31
Pages
55
Abstract
Denne afhandling undersøger, hvordan informationsarkitektur på e-sportturneringswebsites kan designes, så folk nemt kan navigere, forstå og interagere med indholdet. Den har fokus på navigation, organisering og labeling (de betegnelser, der bruges i menuer og på sider) samt på at inddrage brugerne aktivt i designprocessen. Casen er HenTour.com, et website for turneringer i MOBA-spillet (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) Heroes of Newerth. Studiet analyserer sitets informationsøkologi, dvs. samspillet mellem kontekst, indhold og brugere, for at forstå, hvad sitet skal understøtte. Metoderne omfatter heuristisk evaluering (ekspertgennemgang af brugbarhed), card sorting (folk grupperer og navngiver indhold) og en webbaseret spørgeundersøgelse. Arbejdet munder ud i konkrete anbefalinger til forbedring af HenTour.com og mere generelt en enkel fremgangsmåde, som andre kan bruge til at vurdere og redesigne lignende websites med et stærkt brugerfokus.
This thesis examines how to design the information architecture of e-sports tournament websites so people can easily navigate, understand, and interact with content. It focuses on navigation, organization, and labeling (the names used in menus and on pages) and on involving users directly in the design process. The case study is HenTour.com, a website for tournaments in the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) game Heroes of Newerth. The study looks at the site's information ecology, that is, the interplay of context, content, and users, to understand what the site needs to support. Methods include heuristic evaluation (an expert usability review), card sorting (asking people to group and name content), and an online survey. The work produces concrete recommendations for improving HenTour.com and, more broadly, a straightforward approach that others can use to evaluate and redesign similar websites with a strong user focus.
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