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Design your Web site to take advantage of visual hierarchy patterns

Overview The concept of visual hierarchy is important in all forms of graphic design. This chapter excerpt from Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design explains how to apply the concept to your Web site.

As people have come to depend more and more upon interactive software--Web apps, mobile, and other digital devices--good interface design has become even more important. This downloadable chapter from Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design, by Jenifer Tidwell explains how to apply visual hierarchy principles to Web sites, including:

  • Visual flow
  • Grouping and alignment

Title: Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design
Author: By Jenifer Tidwell
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Chapter 4: Organizing the Page: Layout of Page Elements
ISBN: 0-596-00803-1; First Edition November 2005; Copyright 2005
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