Monday, 4 February 2008

bubblesonwebsites

Choose two websites, one good, one bad and judge them using the same criteria (e.g. structure, navigation, colours, pictures, content). Discuss. Aim at someone with low visual literacy in terms colour/design.

Judging criteria: Structure/layout of the page; use of colour and photographs; ease of navigation; quality of content; suitability of all of the above for target audience/purpose of site.

Here we go:

This is a very bad website that outlines and demonstrates all the possible mistakes one can make in creating a webpage.



Hence, in terms of bad font and background color, please have a look here!


Moreover, I found this one to be a very good website:



Why?
The homepage has clear links to the different sections of the online magazine just beneath the title. The colors support the simple, yet loud style of the nymag's content. The links are very "in your face" , which makes navigating very easy. The font is enjoyable to read and the photographs are appealing to click on them and find out more, thus effective. The Daily Intelligencer column is right in the middle where it belongs and the concept of the nymag is fascinating.

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