Thursday, October 22, 2009

suck/not suck

My site doesn't suck because it uses interesting colors/fonts/pictures, it doesn't take long to load, and only has one splashpage.
My site does suck because it has "Home" on the navigation bar and uses big pictures. It also has a lot of text on some pages.


http://webpages.scu.edu/ftp/kbobbin

I learned from the Jerz article to not use back or next buttons and that no page should have a link to itself.
From the Liu article I learned a document on the web has an average of 9 links. This means my website is above average. Also, I learned that the fact that people skim affects work- they have a shrinking attention span and top-of-head responces.
The Nielsen article taught me that 17% of page views last 4 seconds and that F-shaped pattern of reading is fast reading.

4 comments:

  1. Good Things:
    - Good use of rollover images.
    - The colors and backgrounds are interesting
    - The website is extremely easy to navigate
    - The writing is engaging
    -The headings are informative
    Things that could be improved:
    - I would get rid of the borders on the tables
    - The navigation bar should be a little bigger so viewers can read it easily
    NICE WORK GIRL!

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  2. katie!!
    I really like your website!!the fonts are really cool and the pictures and backgrounds are really good for each page. I also really liked how you made it possible to go to other sites that has to do with rating teachers. The only things that maybe could improve are to maybe take away the borders on the tables. also, maybe put the whole title in the flash button? But it still looks really good!!good job!!

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  3. -the font for the titles of your pages is really good
    -all pages are easy to read
    -the buttons are creative

    -maybe have a consistent background
    -put all of the words in the navigation bar on the buttons

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  4. katie.
    i liked your website as well.
    the fonts are good, the pictures in the background intermingle well. i liked the rollover pictures. U had a lot of links too. it was very informative and i knew just from looking at it what u were talking about. the personal story is also a good use.

    there are a few things that kinda struck me that needs a little work.
    the navigation bar is a little weird, the button layout doesnt fit with the text so it looks funny.
    also on the cheapened communities page, try to make it smaller so you dont have to scorll left and right.
    the pictures take to long to load, or maybe its just this stupid computer.
    lastly, get rid of the bars! u dont need them around ur text and pictures. itl look GREAT without them.
    just like me :)[hence the all caps great]
    ok yea not so funny...sorry i tried.

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