The website I chose to visit from Chapter 5 was http://www.nsa.gov.
The purpose of this website is to inform the public about the National Security Agency. This includes its mission, the latest news on the NSA and information on careers with the organization.
The intended audience would be the American public and those who are interested in the security of our country.
The site does reach the intended audience. The website is very clear cut and designed so that it is easy to navigate and access information. There is also a search button which I found helpful.
Examples of how this website uses recommended web design guidlines are: the content is appealing to the target audience, all content displayed properly and the use of colors and graphics is consistent and appealing to a site visitor.
The only improvement I would make to this website is to its homepage. I appreciate the content that was included on the home page but it was a bit too crowded for my liking. I feel like the "latest news" portion could have been made into a seperate link.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Ch. 5 #1 & 2
1. Two websites that I found that are less than fantastic are: http://www.miauk.com/ and http://www.gta.gov.zw. Both of these websites have a lot of errors according to recommended web design practices. The two websites I found are both poorly designed websites but they have different design errors.
miauk.com was almost scary to visit! Upon opening the site, the visitor is bombarded with flashing lights and bright colors. I could hardly concentrate on what this site was suppose to be about. The pictures on the homepage are of poor quality and there are far too many of them. I had to look several times to even understand what the pictures where suppose to be about. The links on the homepage are too vague and too light but they did shead some light on what this site is about. The link to her news was ok; maybe a bit jumbled together but a cake walk compared to the photo gallery. Again, those pictures were jumbled together and included bright, flashing lights which started to make my head hurt. On the first try, I couldnt find the link back to the home page (it was light colored and at the very bottom of the page regardless of where the page content ended. In summary, the page layout was not consistent, was not appealing to me as a visitor (but may appeal to her target audience?) and was not very informative. I would give this website a grade of F for use of colors and graphics.
The second website I found, gta.gov.zw was updated at the beginning of this year but looks about 20 years behind the times. The first time I visited this site, it came up with no trouble but after that, my computer had trouble opening it. The thing that really bothered me about the site was that its links and content weren't spaced out enough. The content was there but was a bit too crowded to read. On the home page, the scroll bar went by way too quickly. I did like the use of colors they used, not too overwhelming. After clicking on the links, I found it was hard to get back to the home page. This isn't the worst site out there but the site developer could definitely use some tips.
miauk.com was almost scary to visit! Upon opening the site, the visitor is bombarded with flashing lights and bright colors. I could hardly concentrate on what this site was suppose to be about. The pictures on the homepage are of poor quality and there are far too many of them. I had to look several times to even understand what the pictures where suppose to be about. The links on the homepage are too vague and too light but they did shead some light on what this site is about. The link to her news was ok; maybe a bit jumbled together but a cake walk compared to the photo gallery. Again, those pictures were jumbled together and included bright, flashing lights which started to make my head hurt. On the first try, I couldnt find the link back to the home page (it was light colored and at the very bottom of the page regardless of where the page content ended. In summary, the page layout was not consistent, was not appealing to me as a visitor (but may appeal to her target audience?) and was not very informative. I would give this website a grade of F for use of colors and graphics.
The second website I found, gta.gov.zw was updated at the beginning of this year but looks about 20 years behind the times. The first time I visited this site, it came up with no trouble but after that, my computer had trouble opening it. The thing that really bothered me about the site was that its links and content weren't spaced out enough. The content was there but was a bit too crowded to read. On the home page, the scroll bar went by way too quickly. I did like the use of colors they used, not too overwhelming. After clicking on the links, I found it was hard to get back to the home page. This isn't the worst site out there but the site developer could definitely use some tips.
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