Quiz:
Nielsen's Chapter 4

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1. Nielsen says the most frequently-asked question he hears is, "How Wide Should the Page Be?"

Nielsen answers in two ways: with a number, which is , and then without a number. Summarize his ultimate advice about page width here:

2. In Chapter 4, Nielsen says a link is not just a link, that there are actually three kinds of links that can appear on a page. What are the names of these three kinds of links, and how do they differ from one another?

(Hint: the first letters of the names of the three kinds of links are E, S and A.)

3. According to Nielsen, there are effective ways of using metaphor in designing Web sites and there are many ineffective ways.

What distinguishes the good from the bad in using metaphors to structure a site and orient the user?

4. What, ultimately, should determine the structure of a Web site, according to Nielsen?

5. Nielsen gives us five ways to reduce what he calls "Navigational Clutter."

First, what would we see on a Web site with "Navigational Clutter"?

And then what are the five ways of reducing it?

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