Analyze your chosen site(s). What are the site's communication objectives? How is information structured on the site(s)? What content is emphasized? Is there a theme? How do the design elements function to reveal the theme(s) and objective(s)? Describe what you've learned about designing your final project site based on this competitor/idea research.
I researched web-site that I can get the idea of what the "good web-design" is.
Here is what I found and I viewed all web-sites in the page.
25 Beautiful web-sites
Most of the web-site was very clean and simple.
well-organized design with a little bit of trick/effect.
I would definitely utilize the things I learned from for my final.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
#8: iPoint Critique
I picked Yoshiko's ipoint Advisors as the best. It is for sure, well planed before it was made, very organized and clean. JUST VERY CLEAN!!! I love that everything is nicely aligned. Nothing is unexpectedly there. Great usability. I can't think of improvable area other than the who we are image on the top page. About my web-site.
After I saw everyone's work, I have too much to fix in my we-site.
It was great opportunity to see everyone's work!!
Now I learned to use slice tool in Photoshop, so I really want to add
rollover effect on clients list page, because the link were too hidden.
Also,who we are section is long one page.
If I could fix to 2 pages like Yoshiko did in the private sector page,
it would be better for viewers.
After I saw everyone's work, I have too much to fix in my we-site.
It was great opportunity to see everyone's work!!
Now I learned to use slice tool in Photoshop, so I really want to add
rollover effect on clients list page, because the link were too hidden.
Also,who we are section is long one page.
If I could fix to 2 pages like Yoshiko did in the private sector page,
it would be better for viewers.
#6: What is Experience Design
Bootb web-site is a good example of unique design, focused on experience.
it looks so chaos, but fun and something new.
But I wonder where to go.
Usability-wise, it may not be the best outcome.
Because if we want something new or different,
we have to break the rules, do something unusual,
which means, things like a menu wouldn't go somewhere it suppose to be.
so it is difficult to co-exist designing and usability.
However, it is not impossible to be both.
Jan Reichle web-site for example,
it is still easy to view but unique.
I guess we just need to well design the web-site by standing viewers perspective.
it looks so chaos, but fun and something new.
But I wonder where to go.
Usability-wise, it may not be the best outcome.
Because if we want something new or different,
we have to break the rules, do something unusual,
which means, things like a menu wouldn't go somewhere it suppose to be.
so it is difficult to co-exist designing and usability.
However, it is not impossible to be both.
Jan Reichle web-site for example,
it is still easy to view but unique.
I guess we just need to well design the web-site by standing viewers perspective.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Blog topic #5 Usablity
Here is the good example of good usability web-site I like laba Q.
This web-site may be Blog... but I like this simplesity.
One more good example we-site just in case
LAba Q wasn't web-site(it may be blog) .
I use da font very often.
This very handy web source won't let you get lost.
very simple and everything you want to know is always in front of you.
like 10 principals of ... says,
This web-site doesn't let us think, no need to be patient, focusing on the fonts we want, and simple and simple!!!
they are using only two colors, red and black.
no too many ads.
The porpoise of this web-site, free font, is very easy to install and find.
This is the web-site I think is the good example.
This web-site may be Blog... but I like this simplesity.
One more good example we-site just in case
LAba Q wasn't web-site(it may be blog) .
I use da font very often.
This very handy web source won't let you get lost.
very simple and everything you want to know is always in front of you.
like 10 principals of ... says,
This web-site doesn't let us think, no need to be patient, focusing on the fonts we want, and simple and simple!!!
they are using only two colors, red and black.
no too many ads.
The porpoise of this web-site, free font, is very easy to install and find.
This is the web-site I think is the good example.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Blog topic#4 Custamize this
I customized my blog such as Font, color of the back ground and text, I also added image of my profile.
How did I do it?
it was easy, just went to the page customize.
Then you can chose fonts and colors, page elements, pick new template and so on.
when you change something, you can see the preview page too.
you can also make money from adsense(having ads in your blog).
How did I do it?
it was easy, just went to the page customize.
Then you can chose fonts and colors, page elements, pick new template and so on.
when you change something, you can see the preview page too.
you can also make money from adsense(having ads in your blog).
Blog topic#3
I actually didn't know anything about RSS,
So I quoted explanation of RSS from http://www.whatisrss.com/
What is RSS?
RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.
How is it useful and/or being used?
RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in. You save time by not needing to visit each site individually. You ensure your privacy, by not needing to join each site's email newsletter. The number of sites offering RSS feeds is growing rapidly and includes big names like Yahoo News.
How can you use the RSS feed to track updates to your fellow student's blogs?
Feed Reader or News Aggregator software allow you to grab the RSS feeds from various sites and display them for you to read and use.
A variety of RSS Readers are available for different platforms. Some popular feed readers include Amphetadesk (Windows, Linux, Mac), FeedReader (Windows), and NewsGator (Windows - integrates with Outlook). There are also a number of web-based feed readers available. My Yahoo, Bloglines, and Google Reader are popular web-based feed readers.
Once you have your Feed Reader, it is a matter of finding sites that syndicate content and adding their RSS feed to the list of feeds your Feed Reader checks. Many sites display a small icon with the acronyms RSS, XML, or RDF to let you know a feed is available.
What's an aggregator?
Readers.
So I quoted explanation of RSS from http://www.whatisrss.com/
What is RSS?
RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.
How is it useful and/or being used?
RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in. You save time by not needing to visit each site individually. You ensure your privacy, by not needing to join each site's email newsletter. The number of sites offering RSS feeds is growing rapidly and includes big names like Yahoo News.
How can you use the RSS feed to track updates to your fellow student's blogs?
Feed Reader or News Aggregator software allow you to grab the RSS feeds from various sites and display them for you to read and use.
A variety of RSS Readers are available for different platforms. Some popular feed readers include Amphetadesk (Windows, Linux, Mac), FeedReader (Windows), and NewsGator (Windows - integrates with Outlook). There are also a number of web-based feed readers available. My Yahoo, Bloglines, and Google Reader are popular web-based feed readers.
Once you have your Feed Reader, it is a matter of finding sites that syndicate content and adding their RSS feed to the list of feeds your Feed Reader checks. Many sites display a small icon with the acronyms RSS, XML, or RDF to let you know a feed is available.
What's an aggregator?
Readers.
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