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3. Computer skills: The users needs to have basic knowledge of the computer. Users need to know using Internet, adobe reader and other tools supporting the website. The website is the online form of the very famous newspaper. ITS A READER, SO ITS A BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE GENERAL ONLINE VERSION NOTE WHY HOWAlso it can be used offline in home computer if user load the page once and for updates he need to go online.
4. Domain expertise: The user must know all the basic tools present in the web page. The user User need to be use to understand some idea about the site then he can get the right required news in coupe of seconds of loading after the page . This is the domain experties of the users not those who make the news. You are testing the readers not the journalists right?is loaded. If the user is a frequent user then he will be well known about all the services of the page.
5. Goals: The website is a news website. The User who visit the news website has a basic goal of getting information about the world's happenings. The New York Times is world famous newspaper with the workers all around the world. So the news can be collected easily and quickly. So the main goal of user (getting the latest and reliable news) can be fulfilled with this site.
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To this kind of user, the features like blogs, creating communities and chatting system. Because if you have some ideas about some thing somewhere happening, you would like to share with some one immediately. So there should be account and chat system in newspaper site.
Design Imperatives
Importance of accuracy: The news is the truth. If they are modified, they are no longer truth. So the accuracy in the news must be maintained. The New York Times assures the accuracy of news.
There can be accident if the news is not accurate.
MB: What are the usability cruteria for the New Yor times reader?The font's in the page should be clear, easy to read, and well organized. Page should be compatible to all the different browsers. The updates should be done frequently so the the peoples will browse the page many times in the day to check the update.