Developing a Penang Cultural Tourism Website Prototype: A User-Centred Design Approach
Most Malaysian tourism website designs are text-heavy. They deliver information but reflect little regard for usability. Malaysian web designers and developers are unaware of the importance of user-centred web designs necessary in order to promote cultural tourism. This paper details the development...
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| description | Most Malaysian tourism website designs are text-heavy. They deliver information but reflect little regard for usability. Malaysian web designers and developers are unaware of the importance of user-centred web designs necessary in order to promote cultural tourism. This paper details the development of a Penang cultural tourism website prototype that employs a user-centred design approach. The website aims to disseminate information about the multicultural traditions of Penang, which include the performing arts, crafts and festivals. In the use of personas, this article seeks to examine the effectiveness and functionality of web pages and subsequently develop a Penang cultural tourism website prototype. |
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| spelling | usm-266242017-05-19T02:32:11Z http://eprints.usm.my/26624/ Developing a Penang Cultural Tourism Website Prototype: A User-Centred Design Approach Goh, Chu Hiang NX Arts in general QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science Most Malaysian tourism website designs are text-heavy. They deliver information but reflect little regard for usability. Malaysian web designers and developers are unaware of the importance of user-centred web designs necessary in order to promote cultural tourism. This paper details the development of a Penang cultural tourism website prototype that employs a user-centred design approach. The website aims to disseminate information about the multicultural traditions of Penang, which include the performing arts, crafts and festivals. In the use of personas, this article seeks to examine the effectiveness and functionality of web pages and subsequently develop a Penang cultural tourism website prototype. Pusat Pengajian Seni 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://eprints.usm.my/26624/1/GOHCH_91_109_gohchNEW.pdf Goh, Chu Hiang (2008) Developing a Penang Cultural Tourism Website Prototype: A User-Centred Design Approach. Wacana Seni : Journal of Arts Discourse, 7. pp. 91-109. ISSN 2180-4311 http://wacanaseni.usm.my/ |
| spellingShingle | NX Arts in general QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science Goh, Chu Hiang Developing a Penang Cultural Tourism Website Prototype: A User-Centred Design Approach |
| title | Developing a Penang Cultural Tourism Website Prototype: A User-Centred Design Approach |
| title_full | Developing a Penang Cultural Tourism Website Prototype: A User-Centred Design Approach |
| title_fullStr | Developing a Penang Cultural Tourism Website Prototype: A User-Centred Design Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing a Penang Cultural Tourism Website Prototype: A User-Centred Design Approach |
| title_short | Developing a Penang Cultural Tourism Website Prototype: A User-Centred Design Approach |
| title_sort | developing a penang cultural tourism website prototype: a user-centred design approach |
| topic | NX Arts in general QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/26624/ http://eprints.usm.my/26624/ http://eprints.usm.my/26624/1/GOHCH_91_109_gohchNEW.pdf |