How-To: Make a Better Google TV Site Experience

Over at the Stage Two blog we’ve decided we’ll put up a lot more convergence/usability/experience advice blog posts.  First one went up today regarding 10 Essential Tips to Build Great Google TV Sites.  Kind of a funny start to the series, since I’m not a big proponent of the “1.0” version of Google TV, but since it’s probably coming to market pretty soon, I felt the timing was relevant.  The reality check here is I’m seeing a *massive* repeat of the WebTV era, wherein companies made faux “ten foot versions” of their web sites, but didn’t actually re-orient or re-engineer them to be “TV versions”, which are two very different things…

Summary of the tips:

1. Avoid Input Fields
2. Incorporate Animated/Moving Backgrounds
3. No Tiny Fonts
4. Use The Entire Screen
5. Site Navigation Should Be Via Remote
6. Google TV CANNOT Be Your Website Only Way Bigger
7. Performance is Critical
8. Choose Colors Wisely
9. Do Assume the User Has a Computer
10. KISS: Keep it Social, Stupid

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