The website that I chose for this assignment was weather.com; I would place this website in the ‘good’ category. I picked this website for more than one reason, the first reason was because the setup, to me I think it’s clean an easy to use and simple if you’ve never used it before. Links are clear an easy to navigate with, also they have many options for example you could put your zip code in an get the weather for your city or town and not the whole state.
A website that I see on a frequently basis is my school website, in my own opinion I would have to insist that this website is terrible. For more than enough reasons, when you first enter the website the things I notice are: the picture they put of the school is small and distant it does nothing to attract anyone to this school. The second reason is the empty space on the first page, when you go on a website even a school website it should attract you enough to make you want to explore other pages, and this website does not. Another thing is the links, the words look blurry and smudged like, also where it says “Please select an area of interest” the color makes it a little hard to read and the color is of no help. Lastly when exploring the website every page has text but there is too much white space, I think they should have it neat but everything is centered and to me it just seems sloppy. So these are some of the reasons I picked bptech.org for my bad website.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Pretty Vs. Poopy
When you think of websites you think of them as being clean and informational, that's just what Bing is. When you first enter the site you notice the setup which is very clean. The links are located on the side so you can easily access them. Also the search bar is right there and is helpful when looking up different things. To make it more attractive they have put different images that you can choose from to put as your background on the search engine.
I came across a website that was just horrible all together, Yvettes Bridal. There are many things wrong with this website. The first thing is that there is no set up what so ever. There are graphics and text all over the place. It looks wicked messy and poorly put together. I feel like there is too much going on. When I think of a bridal website I would picture nice, clean, elegant, and fancy. Not flashy, messy, and disorganized. The other things wrong with this website is that it has way to many colors going on and it kind of gives you a headache. I think that this is just a wicked bad website overall.
I came across a website that was just horrible all together, Yvettes Bridal. There are many things wrong with this website. The first thing is that there is no set up what so ever. There are graphics and text all over the place. It looks wicked messy and poorly put together. I feel like there is too much going on. When I think of a bridal website I would picture nice, clean, elegant, and fancy. Not flashy, messy, and disorganized. The other things wrong with this website is that it has way to many colors going on and it kind of gives you a headache. I think that this is just a wicked bad website overall.
Ugly Websites
The Transworld website is a much unorganized cluttered looking site. The site has links to videos all in very random places and scattered out like wild fire. When you open it you feel overwhelmed by the size of everything. I had to change the size of the resolution on my browser so i could look at this site without feeling like everything was too big to scan over. All of the links on the sides are very ugly and unnoticeable. That's why I don't like the Transworld website readability very much.
TransworldI like the Focus Skate Magazine's website. There's a clean navigation bar on the top that looks attractive. The homepage is nice looking; it has a scrolling image in the back that shows different pictures of articles being highlighted for the day. Also, there are many clean links that are easily found and read on the navigation bar. Under the navigation bar, are links to popular videos for the week that are all organized neatly. The contact info is put in a convenient spot where it's easily noticeable as well. When you scroll over the pictures for video links, a description of each of them pulls up that's easily readable because of the font colors on the background it shows. This is an example of a well readable website.
Puma Vs. Paradise
Puma is one of the most organized and creative websites that I visit frequently. When you first go on the website, you notice the organized format and how everything is clearly visible. The navigation bar is helpful and overall the website is easy to navigate around. The design of the website is very appealing to the eye. All the colors work well with each other and they are not overpowering. It has clear pictures and effects that grab your attention. I personally like the Puma line of clothes, sneakers, and other accessories so I enjoy visiting the website.
On the other hand, I found a terrible website that was very disorganized and confusing. The Hawaiian Isles Coffee website is one of the worst websites that I have visited. It is very disorgainzed and I couldn't figure out what I was even doing. There is no template so there is random items and words everywhere making it hard for me to find what I was looking for, even though I wouldn't buy anything from there. None of the colors of the paragraphs match eachother. The navigation bar was not evenly lined up. I thought that this website was terrible and I think that they should re-make it.
On the other hand, I found a terrible website that was very disorganized and confusing. The Hawaiian Isles Coffee website is one of the worst websites that I have visited. It is very disorgainzed and I couldn't figure out what I was even doing. There is no template so there is random items and words everywhere making it hard for me to find what I was looking for, even though I wouldn't buy anything from there. None of the colors of the paragraphs match eachother. The navigation bar was not evenly lined up. I thought that this website was terrible and I think that they should re-make it.
My take on Website Readability
Yale's School of Art website is really terrible.What do oranges have to do with 2011? I'm not sure what was going through their minds when they made it but I think that websites should be clean cut, even with the creativeness. It's extremely hard to read and there is way too much going on. I suppose they were trying to make "high art" in their website but its not really portraying the way it should, it just looks cheap. They need to hire a new website designer asap!
Claire Baxter is an Art Director, Sr. Designer, and Brand Manager. Her website is amazingly creative but at the same time so easy to navigate. It took me just a second to find out what is her title for her career! It's hard to find a website that is so appealing and easy to read all in one but she has accomplished that nicely.
Claire Baxter is an Art Director, Sr. Designer, and Brand Manager. Her website is amazingly creative but at the same time so easy to navigate. It took me just a second to find out what is her title for her career! It's hard to find a website that is so appealing and easy to read all in one but she has accomplished that nicely.
Eco-Friendly vs. News
General Electric took a different approach when creating the "smart grid" website. Instead of using lots of words to clutter the website, they created an interactive website that talks about what it happening in the animations. I find this to be a good use of current technology to get a new age idea across. the website is about saving energy and what GE is doing to help, and to show it you interact with the website to change the world. Smart Grid
Haven Works is a website that is a "News Reference Facts Information Sources Intelligence" cite that is like a patchwork of ugliness put together.I feel like the web designers tried to put up every color in HTML possible. The website follows a general table outline but then overran the lines with images and created a banner that looks like the internet threw up on it! Haven Works
Haven Works is a website that is a "News Reference Facts Information Sources Intelligence" cite that is like a patchwork of ugliness put together.I feel like the web designers tried to put up every color in HTML possible. The website follows a general table outline but then overran the lines with images and created a banner that looks like the internet threw up on it! Haven Works
Bad VS Good
When you make a website you should try to avoid having your website look like lingscars.com. There are too many pictures all over the website. Most of the pictures are moving and it makes it hard to focus. The website doesn’t have a color scheme. There are way too many colors and the fonts are all different sizes. There are also way too many different topics on each page. At least they were consistent with their horrible format throughout the whole site. I can’t believe anyone would think this website ever okay to publish. Everything is clustered and it’s hard to read. If this website is supposed be their business then they are making themselves seem unprofessional.
If you want to make a good website you should look at the layout of allmusic.com because the website is organized and is easy to navigate. The website has a consistent color scheme and font style. Also all the ads on the website can relate to the users of the website. All the things on the website relate to the same topic.
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