The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Identifying Web Design Guidelines
Choose
six sites from list below or of your own choosing. Spend time exploring
what they have to offer and how they go about presenting it. Come
up with a list of what you think makes for good and bad web design,
as well as any examples of exceptions to these "rules".
Try to identify why you find particular features useful or pleasing
or annoying. Keep track of which features you see in various sites
so that we can look at them as we discuss them in class.
- Layout
- Color
- Styles
- Backgrounds
- Buttons,
menus, & other imput features
- Images
- Text/Type
- Navigation
- Hierarchy/organization
- Interactivity
- Special
features (Flash, animated gifs, sound, video, etc.)
- Communication
features (chat rooms, mailing lists, bulletin boards, etc.)
- Etc.
The
list below is a somewhat random collection culled from award-winning
and award-losing contests, personal favorites, and design directories.
It was compiled to help you see the broad range of design and HTML
approaches out there on the web. Feel free to email
me with more suggestions for the list.
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