Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Five causes and or issues.

Vegetarianism
Gay Rights
World Hunger
Pollution
Endangered Species

Monday, November 9, 2009

The Creation Museum pt 3

Overall, the outcome of this project is good compared to the original site. We've changed some minor things according to the peer review. I feel like if there was more time, I could spruce things up a bit, make it more interesting. It seems a little bit bland to me.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

The Creation Museum pt 2

Today, our group has undergone some peer review. We've gotten a lot of good feedback. Our peers pointed out things we could do to improve our website. The front page was a little too spaced out and the font throughout the website was inconsistent.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

The Creation Museum

My group has chosen to redesign the website The Creation Museum. It's an extremely tacky website. The background is distracting and at first, I thought the website related to astronomy. We've planned to remove the background, add a navigation system and change the coloring. We also decided to change the alignment.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Examples of Good and Bad Websites

An example of a good website would be YouTube. The homepage is very straightforward. The colors used is very basic and doesn't distract you from the point of the website. The only text used is the title of videos, the uploaders, and descriptions. Everything else is mostly just videos.

An example of a bad website would be the James Bond 007 Museum Shop. You would think that a website that's mostly about objects would post more pictures rather than text, but this website is mostly text. And it's cluttered with links. If I was looking to check out an item from a James Bond movie, it'd be hard to find exactly what I was looking for. And what if I don't know the name of the object I'm looking for? A picture would definitely help. I think that there should also be categories, perhaps objects from a specific year/movie or maybe a category based on the actor portraying Bond.

The title of the website is also misleading. The James Bond 007 Museum Shop doesn't actually sell anything.

Palmquist Response

I feel that websites should be straightforward, so as to not confuse the viewers. After reading this chapter, I find that organizing a website in linear sequence is probably the most easiest and simplest. The hierarchy organization seems very limiting and confusing. You can't move across one page to another page in the same level of hierarchy.

I suppose the interlinked organization wouldn't be as simple as the linear sequence, but it would be the best. Here you have easy access to every single page on the entire site all in one spot. A combination of all the organization options seems like it would be the most complicated to put together.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Wikitravel: Boston Chinatown draft

I go to Chinatown a lot, I just don't pay attention to the English names or street names. But, I'll make sure to find out the exact name and locations.

Eat

  • Bao Bao Bakery & Cafe, 77 Harrison Ave., Phone: +1 (617) 988-8191, Daily: ??? Fairly cheap. A bakery with a large variety of Chinese styled pastries. Very delectable.