This thesis reports on the user-interface design guidelines for usability and accessibility in their connection to human-computer interaction and their implementation in the web design. The goal is to study the theoretical background of the design rules and apply them in designing a real-world website.
The analysis of Jakobson’s communication theory applied in the web design and its implications in the design guidelines of visibility, affordance, feedback, simplicity, structure, consistency and tolerance is conducted in order to shape the criteria used in accomplishing the practical part of the study. It concludes creation of the website design according to the design rules.
The project has been successfully conducted, and the design stage of the website development has been completed with an aim to enhance the degree of usability and accessibility of the product through the design.
The results of the analysis and the website design can be used for further investigation of the user-interface design guidelines. In addition, they can be implemented in other real-world websites
