Web Usability

What is Usability? What makes a Web site usable? Web usability is a general approach which is as much about the effectiveness of transferring information via the Internet, as it is about the smooth interaction of an end user with online (and offline) software. With web browsers becoming a greater part of the interaction between humans and electronic devices, the terms usability and web usability overlap in numerous ways. Web usability is the application of usability in those domains where web browsing can be considered as a general paradigm (or metaphor) for constructing a GUI. Web usability refers to the degree of ease with which users can complete various tasks using a web site interface with which they are unfamiliar.