A Critique of The Times Online Website

The design of the website is very unique and elegant. For a new user, it’s a little overwhelming at first but after 10 minutes of use it becomes second nature.

On a website the opening page is vital to not only the persons experience on the site, but also the over all impression on the subject. There are several ways that a persons perception can be manipulated to feel a certain way, on a website; the layout, accessibility of information, and images. When accessing the El Paso Zoo website the first thing that catches the attention of the audience is the back ground. Which is the El Paso skyline with the franklin mountains accompanied by some exotic animals. This creates a personal connection with the views by combining something that is familiar and has emotional connection with something new that brings a new excitement to this emotional

This course introduces effective Web design principles and the essential role of the Web designer in today's business environment. Topics covered include site architecture, page layout, navigation, content, functionality, and usability. Students will evaluate existing Web sites and apply best practices to prototype a unique design using a Web authoring application.

This paper is a written evaluation of three websites that were designed to reach a specific target audience. All three sites' reach their target audience, however they accomplish this in a slightly different way. During this paper, we will discuss the strength and weaknesses of each site, the design criteria used to evaluate them, and how to improve some of the weaknesses associated with each site.

The page was similar to how Wikipedia’s format is set-up and the information was nothing new or pertinent in relevancy to motivation and homework.

When first visiting Riordan’s home page, it appears bland and seems as if it was created by a novice web designer who used a website template. The overall appearance is not welcoming to the site’s users and its white background and lack of

When you first go to the home page it has a well-developed and effective design. The

It followed modern flat design trends, even though it mixed it with older trends like the static, full-page background image. Conversely, the colors and images used complemented the university’s logo and gave a feeling of oneness. Font types also complemented each other, creating a visual hierarchy and establishing what information was very important. I did however find a section that was not formatted correctly, taking away some of the professional appearance. Overall, the homepage is organized and comes off as being professional.

All information is accessed through a basic navigation bar on the top of each web page with the City’s logo constant on the left. In lieu of providing additional information, a small block of information about each highlighted area is given. This limits the accessibility by other businesses within the City.

A website is used by different people for different uses. Each website can be evaluated for its usefulness by the general public based on certain criteria as discussed in this article.

The homepage has a large scrolling gallery with stock pictures, and what seems like a clickable link to additional information. However, the pictures and text are just that - scrolling picture with text on them. They should link the user to the web page relevant to the text on the graphic Once the user leaves the homepage there are no longer any graphics. This brings down the appeal of the website significantly.

College websites serve a variety of purposes for prospective and current students, which include, but are not limited to, generating information, data collection, and facilitating online transactions. Accelerated accessibility of web presence through a variety of platforms, from desktops to smartphones, propels websites to the forefront of many colleges’ introduction to prospective students. The aesthetic composition of websites is as significant as is practicality in our modern technological age, and mastery or shortcomings in either attribute can engender positive or negative assumptions respectively from visitors. Approximately 80 percent of website visitors assume that the design of a website is reflective of the entity it represents, according to researchers (Lowry 63). Subsequently, I have decided to conduct an analysis of Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School’s (AJMLS) website (Front) due to recent interactions with the site while applying for admission. During this essay, I will explore the aesthetics, practicality, and inconsistencies inherent in the site when accessed on mobile platforms as compared to desktops.

Throughout the website the colors seem to be gray, red, and blue but when you reach the myUHD page there is a big black block that looks like an older style layout. There are also tabs to the right hand side that seem to just be added on as time went on. Most of the website has been remodeled except for his myUHD page. This particular page has different links for the rest of the pages through the website. Although it is a more simplistic it does not look like it belongs on our website or our

Times Deputy News Editor, Philip B. Corbett is in charge of revising the manual. He has revealed that there is a more current, online version of the manual that is used by Times staff. This online manual, however, is not available to the general public. Many publications follow the style manual from Associated Press as it covers most of the content.

I'm not saying make-up is evil, but we all know what's in somewhat good taste, and what isn't. But, hey!, I could be wrong: There could actually be a great person hiding under that crusty exterior; most of the time there is. A balance needs to be achieved or at least strived for when designing a web page or any page for that matter. I'm not trying to rag on Raygun or anything, because I like A LOT of the stuff that they do, but one must not get carried away with it and ignore what one is supposed to be doing in the first place. For this reason I have chosen to pick on the Alternative X web site (http://www.altx.com/), for this paper. Well, not really pick on them, but you know what I mean. So in our quest to discover the ideal web page we must look at the following things: 1) Does it make sense? Is its layout so erratic in such a way as to render the viewer blind because of the designers lack of vision and utter stupidity? 2) Organization. How and why were things placed in the places they were placed, needs to be known, or at least made seemingly apparant. 3) Since this is a web site we are critiquing, and like a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Book one can skip to another section with almost no fear of being inquisitioned, does its "links" lead to somewhere meaningful?