Blog Week 4 Post 1
Looking at this website, I immediately noticed a potential problem for visitors. The most serious problem in my opinion is the fact that there is too much text going on. I didn't know what to look at and where to click, let alone read anything on the website. If someone was coming to the website for a specific reason, I feel like he/she would have a hard time finding whatever they were looking for. The 2nd potential problem is advertisements that keep popping up, unless you have some sort of ad blocker installed this would be an annoying website to browse. Finally another issue I had while browsing this website is the inability to easily find your way back to the home page. Every other time you click anywhere an ad pops up and sometimes the links don't even take you to the right page. You can easily get "lost" on this website.
There are numerous things that can be improved on this website, the most significant variable that can help the user experience on this website would be less text. There is too much text everywhere and too many unnecessary links. The reduction of text will help make a more clear, concise overall website. I would also work on having less advertisements that will help with the maintaining of the user rather than losing the clicks because it would be annoying to browse through. Finally the most simple thing that could be improved is adding a home page or some method of returning to the home page without any confusion for any users.
The most noticeable potential problem for visitors on this website would be similar to the previous website, too much text. Users/visitors of this website will feel overwhelmed and confused as to where or what to click on. The contrast of the text on the links aren't clear and easy to read so some visitors may have an issue on reading the text. The 3rd problem I would say is the fact that there are again a lot of unnecessary links that can be combined and put under a single link. Another potential problem is the moving text on the website which can be distracting to the user experience.
The improvements on this website include the visual aspects and overall link/text on the homepage. They also do not have a homepage link. These improvements will help maintain a fun and easy user experience. I would change the font used and darken the background, if not change the color of the text to help improve the navigation for users. Finally the last and best improvement would be to make the text concise and combine a lot of the similar links which will make the website easier to navigate.
This website is so simple yet engaging. They have a lot of useful text and entertaining pictures but not too much to confuse a new visitor to the website. The user experience of this website is phenomenal mainly because of how clear and easy it is to navigate. You can access the homepage from any link, and if you chose to click on any links they have, you already know where it's taking you. In my opinion this website made it easy to see any upcoming events which helps visitors see recent or in the future shows they would want to see.
Design, aesthetics, and branding impact my reaction and other users reactions by being engaging, pleasing to look at, and most importantly enticing. The design of this website is simple but has a good combination of the theme and colors that aren't dull. Aesthetics of this website provide a smooth, easy to navigate overall look. My reaction to this is surprising because I thought it would be a boring website to browse through. Branding impacts my reaction to this website by providing me a positive, happy theater connotation between browsing the website and the brand.
Apple's website is limited in text but has amazing clear pictures that immediately engage the visitor. They have a dark background with white text making it easy to read. Not only that but they also only have less than 10 links which makes the navigation of this website very easy. People can easily find what they're looking for without being confused by any unnecessary links. Apple even put a search bar in their website in case you don't immediately see what you came for. Finally this website is attractive to the eye, especially by having familiar visuals spread aesthetically through their page.
The design of this website makes my reaction very positive. It is so simple and has just the right amount of text and links. The theme and design of this page provides an overall very pleasing and aesthetic look to the website. My reaction to the aesthetics makes me want to spend more time browsing the website even though I have no need to. Finally the branding impacts my reaction by already expecting that this website had a lot of time and money put into it. Specifically if the website wasn't as nice and pleasing as I expected it to be considering it is Apple, I would have browsed their website and left disappointed. However it's Apple and you won't have to worry about that!
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ReplyDeleteThorough and readable response. I especially liked what you mentioned about the abundance or lack of text/links making or breaking the site. Keep it up!
I agree that Apple's website is very easy on the eyes and extremely easy to navigate. I like that they kept it simple rather than flooding it with tons of advertisements and excessive data.
ReplyDeleteI'm noticing a pattern on websites being too much for the eyes or being hard to navigate. I love how you describe these websites in a well worded manor that helps us visualize what to expect on a webpage.
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