Study On The Usability Design Of Webpage Based On The Analysis Of User Mental Model

Internet has become an indispensible tool for the communication in modern society. The study on the design of webpage usability, which decides the competence for winning the users, must be centered on the users who have different demands and perspectives at different levels. The creative point of this thesis is to discuss about the design of webpage usability from the angle of user mental model. Based on user mental model with user experience, the design principle of webpage usability will come out for the benefits on both sides. User mental model, also called cognitive model, is the way to describe knowledge in users'brain and the generalization of their thinking ways in the operation of webpage. To improve webpage usability, the design is supposed to match user mental model. Network user interface design serves as the extension of user interface design, including Human Computer Interaction design and Graphic User Interface design, for which usability is a basic and important index to test the quality of webpage use. When webpage design model conforms to user mental model, high usability of the net station will be achieved to bring pleasant user experience. Therefore, according to the demand and mental model of users, the webpage must be designed to support interaction way and graphic interface for the actual demand of users. This thesis summarizes the design principle on webpage usability from Interaction Design and Graphic User Interface respectively to provide theoretical reference for the staff working in the web design..