Title: Analysis of Islamic website design

Authors: Maimona J. Badi; Akram M. Zeki

Addresses: Department of Information System, Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology, International Islamic University Malaysia, P.O. Box 10, 50728 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ' Department of Information System, Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology, International Islamic University Malaysia, P.O. Box 10, 50728 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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 users 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.

Keywords: web interface; web design; website design; multimedia; Islamic websites; Islam; web users; information; interaction; graphics; data; website evaluation; university students; usefulness; usability.

DOI: 10.1504/IJACMSD.2012.053400

International Journal of Arab Culture, Management and Sustainable Development, 2012 Vol.2 No.4, pp.309 - 317

Published online: 29 Jul 2014 *

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