Usability Study - IMDB.com

trunk test

when placed on a web page a user should easily be able to find key navigation features that will help them get around

IMDB

imdb mark up

SiteID

Clear and prominent Site ID in conventional position
Tag line under site id on every page
Its clear the Site ID is a button

PageName

Page Name stands out very close to the top
Nothing else can be confused as the page name
Promience of title makes clear what content is important

Sections

Sections very prominent on top of page
Unclear what subsection goes to what main section
No tabs which is what most sites use now

LocalNav

Local navigation on left hand side
Type is very small, not obvious which links can be used
Links under the page title can be local navigation

Breadcrumbs

List on how user got there by sections using arrows
Not clear if user is in a section or subsection or none at all

Search

Directly under the sections and subsections
Scope of search before search box may throw user off
"Go" keyword maybe unclear if part of search function

	This is the original page. Though the content and page title is clear, it is hard to tell what section the page is part of.
	This is a proposed mark-up for the page. I added a tab view to the main section "My Movies" to make it seem like the page is inside an actual physical folder. The beige edges on the side also add to that visual effect. The rest of the web site is very clear. The subsections seem to have no connection to the main ones, but that is the content choice of the creators of the web site.

C Sollecito Spring 2007