Analysis of Islamic website design. (1st January 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Badi, Maimona J.; Zeki, Akram M.
• Is Part Of: International journal of Arab culture, management and sustainable development. Volume 2:Number 4(2012)
• Page Start: 309
• Page End: 317
• Publication Date: 2012-01-01
• Subjects: interface -- design -- multimedia -- websites -- Islam -- users -- information -- interaction -- graphics -- data; Sustainable development -- Arab countries -- Periodicals; Civilization, Arab -- 21st century -- Periodicals; Economic development -- Arab countries -- Periodicals; Arab countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; Arab countries -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; 338.9009174927
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1753-9412

Abstract

This article presents and analyses the findings regarding the utility of Islamic websites in terms of messages, credibility, standardisation, acceleration, printability, and distribution of terminologies. According to Leavitt and Shneiderman (2006), designers should make every attempt to reduce the user's workload by taking advantage of the computer's capabilities. Users will make the best use of websites when information is displayed in a directly usable format and content organisation is highly intuitive. The data is gathered from feedback to a questionnaire distributed to respondents from three faculties, namely ICT, engineering, and IRKHS students in various levels of university education. The data collected is based on five selected Islamic websites, namely islamway.com, islamweb.net, islamonline.net, islam-qa.com, and islamtoday.net.