Jakob Nielsen has a nice checklist of oldies but goodies to get you started. They're mostly common sense, but things you may not think to evaluate, starting from the front page of a site.
http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_list.html
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>>> Luca Rosati <[log in to unmask]> 8/25/2009 6:49 AM >>>
Hi Matthew,
see -- always by Usability.gov -- these research-based heuristics:
http://www.usability.gov/guidelines/index.html
Moreover you can find other stuff here:
http://delicious.com/luca.rosati/heuristics
Useful books are:
* Krug, Don't make me think
* Norman, The design of everyday things
(Norman's book refers above all to everyday things, but I've often
used its principles for the web -- they are universal).
Cheers
Luca
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