Common Practices

Practically Standard Heidi P. Adkisson has provided a web version of her thesis paper (and the continuation of that study into the present) at her website webdesignpractices.com. Here we see a breakdown of navigation and structural practices amongst 75 sucessful ecommerce sites. Global and local navigation placement and presentation, as well as other almost-standard features such as breadcrumbs, search engines, and shopping carts are looked at in an impartial and clinical manner so often lacking in today’s age of web gurus, usability experts, and nutcases who spin everything so hard it feels like you’re reading the half-mad rantings of a Crossfire guest wonk (alternate wonks available upon request).