The Wireframes Checklist
2011-01-12
A checklist. It's not going to solve all of your problems. You're still going to have to work and you're still going to miss things from time to time, but adding a degree of consistency to the review process will help you identify gaps and breakdowns in a design more quickly.
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Navigation - How a user moves around the site
- Primary - Top level sections
- Secondary - Subsections in the current section
- Alternate routes - Different ways of getting around (most sites should have at least one)
- Login/account access/log off (if relevant)
Flow - How a user gets to the next thing they want to do
- Primary action
- Next suggested action
- Alternative next action
Orientation and Way finding - How a user knows where they are
- Page Title
- Primary/Secondary Navigation State
- Spatial Context
- Information Hierarchy
- Clear branding
- Clear primary content
- Immediate recognition of central message
- Clear secondary content
- Clear connection between primary/secondary content
Interaction - How the system invites and responds to user actions
- Interactive component state
- Success, Info, and Error messaging
Layout - How content is arranged on the page
- Realistic sizing
- Breathing room
- Graphic/text balance
Behavior - How the system acts and makes decisions
- Search result ranking algorithms (random, popular, etc.)
- Destination of each link
- Asynchronous calls/updates
Content - What the user will see on the page
- Content summary for each page
- Specific language for
- Feedback messages
- Headlines
- Primary Navigation Labels