Website Evaluation and Prototype for Redesign
Introduction Team A has been working together to create a list of essential design criteria for evaluating the Berry’s Bug Busters Website, a virtual organization. The team also completed a comparative review of two sites that have similar audience and purpose to the Berry’s Bug Busters Website. The intended audience for this website is people over the age of 18 that find themselves with a pest problem. There are no specific demographics related to the service offered. These two sites are Orkin and FreedomPest, which provide some useful examples of ways to improve upon the curent design of Berry’s Bug Busters Website. The following is the list of design features: Design
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Repetition
The idea of using this principle is to replicate one or more elements throughout the design with the purpose of unifying it. Berry’s Bugs Blasters uses repetition to some extent. For example, the light brownish color used in the logo is also used to highlight the company’s phone number, the Internet link, the percentage of the coupon, headings, and the footer of the website. The rectangular shape is also used not only on the main navigation links but also to display the images of pests, the frame of the coupon, and the shape of the footer. Also the repetition of the photo captions “Have a – (snake, ant, termite, spider)- problem? We’ll blast’em good ‘n’ dead” helps to create a unified look. Even though the Website looks somehow unified, there is room for improvement.
Contrast
The idea of applying this principle is to grab the attention of the intended audience by creating visual excitement. Berry’s Bugs Blasters failed in this aspect, since the Website displays too much white. There is no contrast between the background color (white) and the text. It gives the impression that the elements are floating around the page. In this case, the design may not be appealing to potential customers.
Proximity
The intent of this principle is to create visual groups, making the navigation easier for the users. Berry’s Bugs Blasters has a very simple design that displays
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A specific design principle I noticed is color and along with another design principle, focal point. I know I was only supposed to talk about one principle, but these two coincide together. In the background, the artist uses complementary colors of orange, yellow and brown depicting the color of fields. The sky is an eerie color of gray and blue. The color that really pops out is the light pink hay that the donkey is holding.
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Download speed – the amount of data the user can download per second and is capped by their ISP. The slower the download speed for the user the slower the user can download the webpages and assets to view the website so the company will have to have to take their customers download speeds into account to decide what size of files is appropriate for their audience to access their website as quickly as possible.
The visual element and the composition work together because he used the green in the back ground to replaces the sky. That is how I see them working together. The most obvious principles that the artist used variety and he also used unity. For the unity the light and the darkness of the colors are combined bring harmony to the picture. It brings out the blue and the yellow in the artwork. The variety is the way the art used to a two colors to make you see a different color when looking at the artwork.
It is one of the biggest flaws of the website, for this reason it is essential to create enough space between the paragraphs and images so the viewer has space to breathe, minimize the paragraphs size of the content, divide large blocks of information into more manageable groups where natural and appropriate, avoid content clutter especially on the homepage, present information in more precise and ordered way to minimize the scrolling required, and finally, organize the content with respect to the principles of contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity. All these steps must be taken to accomplish three of our usability goals (effective home page, Clarity of the interface, Motivating website), as well as to meet two of the Windows Interface Guidelines, "aesthetics" and "simplicity".
Switches are multilayer and can sit on the data link layer (layer 2) when processing and forwarding data, also on the network layer (layer 3) by using IP addresses when forwarding
The enemy designs in the game are very unique and interesting, often representing some kind of character trope, for example there is an enemy in the game named “Aaron” that is a horse with a mermaid’s tail that is obsessed with his muscles. When Aaron attacks the player, the player must move out of the way from 2 arms on the side of the box that come up from the bottom. Every monster in the game has specialised attacks like this, for example there is an enemy that has an obsession with cleaning and his attack is water droplets flowing out from the middle of the screen that the player has to avoid. This is a good design decision as it adds depth and intrigue to the characters in an extremely simple way which will make the player interested to see what other attacks the monsters
The Joshua Tree Epiphany relates to the design principle because you must be able to learn it in order to identify it. In other words, after learning about CRAP (Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, and Proximity) you will be able to successfully build a good design. For example, the explanation explains he noticed the Joshua Trees were everywhere after learning that they were and with design, it’s the same thing after learning the design principles you will be able to layout a nice design. Physical separations of content assist in a coherent design layout by providing the viewer pleasant viewing experience. To be more specific, it allows the viewer to read the information without it being cluttered.
Web sites are just like magazines, newspapers, brochures, menus, or even directions on how to make nitroglycerin from house-hold goods, in that they all have to be put together in such a manner that whoever is reading or browsing over it will be able to clearly distinguish this from that. In this sense, a critique of any particular web site will have justification, while carefully considering also that this is an altogether new medium of information exchange. Now, all of this talk of togetherness is actually a general reference to basic design principles, such as color coordination, if color is used, text size, font choice/ style, art integration, accessibility, and just plain and simple design of the page. For
They provide a logical understanding to why authors place elements in certain places on the page. Motion can be emphasized with diagonal shapes while horizontal shapes emphasize stability. This can be achieved easily in books without using words. One of the principles I had not realized prior to reading this book is when a shape is placed at the top of the page represents freedom and happiness while placing a shape at the bottom of the page represents sadness. The burst in the middle of a picture helps the audience focus only on that element. I think the burst still would be the focus point on the picture even if the red triangle was not in the center. The white color background helps people to feel safe opposed to the black background that feels dangerous. I have always felt like the color black is a depressing, and dangerous color so I can see why this principle implies a bad feeling. This entire book intrigued me by allowing me to think outside the box. I have known several of these concepts existed but never have thought about applying them to picture books. It’s amazing to me that an entire book can be read without using any words if the principles are applied
The gestalt principles—similarity, proximity, closure, figure-ground, continuance, and common fate—were introduced by gestalt psychologist Max Werthimer in his seminal paper Laws of Organization in Perceptual Forms and are a popular tool used by designers for visually organizing information. In this series of articles, we will learn how these principles can be used to improve the usability of designs. Proper use can affect efficiency, learnability, and memorability, and also reduce errors, contributing to the overall satisfaction of a website.
It gives direction to the reader, what to do, what not to do in similar situation.
The style in this book is what relates to the theme the best. The way the words flow together are what really help you see the dominant theme of this book. As you read the words, “they watched as green became the grass and blue became the sky. The yellow sun was shining bright on white clouds drifting by” and it lays the foundation that everyone is different and diverse.
Communication--it is a fundamental part of our everyday lives. It characterizes who we are, what we do, and how we relate to others in society. It is a very powerful tool that holds many different uses for our basic needs and survival. At a very simplistic level, it is key in attaining our very basic needs for survival. In that respect, it is key in achieving all needs in Maslows hierarchy. Its uses and possibilities endless.