| Abstract |
| The increase of computers and the common use of the Internet demand an introduction of a design technique for Web-interface that can provide users with convenience. The Web has become a new meansof communication and provides us with an opportunity to get new information. The Web, however, has many limits as a means of communication, since the early developers of the Web, who were interested in the structure of information, focused on the logic of document structure and thus neglected the visual aspect. The Web sites are often developed focused on contents, techniques, or design. However, when a site is built, the users should be considered primarily and thus the design should be for the users. The mosteffective and clear means of communication of information is by word and picture. On the Internet, picture and text are used as a means of communication, and presently a multimedia aspect is added. In order to maximize the effectiveness of mutual communication on the Web, a clear and precise medium of communication between the users should be included in designing the Web-interface. An icon plays an important role in the medium, since the design of icon is an inevitable element in the system of command and it visually and naturally leads the information seekers to good Web pages. Thus the user interface demands the development of an icon that enables the users to communicate without any physical limits. That is, one needs to develop an icon as an expanded formative language that is easily understood, intuitively recognized without any logical explanation of itsmeaning and content, and visually conveyed as a symbol on the Web. Therefore, in this thesis I tried to suggest a right direction of icon design as a visual language by reviewing and analyzing the theoretical background of icon in the previous literatures. I also attempted to suggest a better means of icon design, which is functional as well as aesthetic, by examining the icons of the most frequently visited sites in Korea, |
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| Key Words |
| visual communication, icon |
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