1. Assignment 2 (Individual assignment) 1. Direct Manipulation (DM) What is DM? Examples of DM. What is DM good for? What problems with DM? DM variants 2. Discuss the key difference between the traditional GUI and the web page user interface.

2. 3. Web Design A local fruit and vegetable shop is developing a web-site for their shop, which should support their delivery service. Customers will be able to register with the company and place orders for home delivery of fruit and vegetables. The company has a number of design decisions they are unsure about and have asked you for advice. (a) Discuss the reasons that the company described above might use forms to gather information about new customers, rather than accepting free-form e-mails, for example. Identify the four most important aspects of form design. (b) Offer the fruit shop six guidelines for how to structure their web-site.

3. (c) A possible layout of the web-site’s home page is given below. Point out six bad design decisions visible in the screenshot and outline improvements for each of these.

4. (d) Discuss how the issues of long-term memory, short-term memory and user expertise are relevant for the understanding and use of the URL of a web-site. How do web-browser designers and web-site designers deal with these issues. How do URL’s compare to other ways of locating information (such as physical addresses or phone numbers). If you know an organisation name, which constraints might enable you to guess its URL correctly. 4. In a world where users constantly demand more features, why is simplicity important? Discuss.