Assignment 6B (Cont)
Question 3. Among the five websites given please choose one good design and one ‘not so good design’. Please explain why it is good and bad.
Good design:
For the good design, I chose the University of Louisiana.
First of all, I like the outlook as it is aligned center of the web page which allows me to a clear view of everything. I do not have to scroll up and down to get the information that I want which is a very tedious process.
Secondly, it uses only one main color which is red. It is only used sparingly so the viewer will not feel tired if he views the website for a long time. I also like the white background as it gives me a clean and simple feel.
Thirdly, the wordings are in red and white color which makes a good contrast. Therefore, I can see clearly where to get information.
The whole website is also framed up so it has a neat and tidy look. My vision is fully concentrated in the middle and not divided all over the place.
Bad design:
For the bad design, I chose the University of Kansas.
At first glance, it is weird to have 2 dark tones used together in a webpage. Dark orange and dark blue are used here. These 2 colors are like competing against each other to attract the viewer’s attention. From an earlier lecture, this shade of orange represents distrust and sadness while this shade of blue stands for depression. Therefore, it is strange that an institution use these 2 colors to represent them.
Secondly, the blue portion occupies slightly more space than the orange. It gives an imbalance feel to me. Moreover, all the information is at the right side while there is only the name of the institution at the left. It gives a much heavier feel on the right side.
Thirdly, there isn’t any emphasis for me. I do not know where I should navigate to. There isn’t any point of focus for me.
Lastly, there isn’t any unity and flow as the name of the university is placed on the left side and then it suddenly branches out to all the links on the right. Personally, I prefer a pyramid-shaped structure so I could follow the information from top to down.
Good design:
For the good design, I chose the University of Louisiana.
First of all, I like the outlook as it is aligned center of the web page which allows me to a clear view of everything. I do not have to scroll up and down to get the information that I want which is a very tedious process.
Secondly, it uses only one main color which is red. It is only used sparingly so the viewer will not feel tired if he views the website for a long time. I also like the white background as it gives me a clean and simple feel.
Thirdly, the wordings are in red and white color which makes a good contrast. Therefore, I can see clearly where to get information.
The whole website is also framed up so it has a neat and tidy look. My vision is fully concentrated in the middle and not divided all over the place.
Bad design:
For the bad design, I chose the University of Kansas.
At first glance, it is weird to have 2 dark tones used together in a webpage. Dark orange and dark blue are used here. These 2 colors are like competing against each other to attract the viewer’s attention. From an earlier lecture, this shade of orange represents distrust and sadness while this shade of blue stands for depression. Therefore, it is strange that an institution use these 2 colors to represent them.
Secondly, the blue portion occupies slightly more space than the orange. It gives an imbalance feel to me. Moreover, all the information is at the right side while there is only the name of the institution at the left. It gives a much heavier feel on the right side.
Thirdly, there isn’t any emphasis for me. I do not know where I should navigate to. There isn’t any point of focus for me.
Lastly, there isn’t any unity and flow as the name of the university is placed on the left side and then it suddenly branches out to all the links on the right. Personally, I prefer a pyramid-shaped structure so I could follow the information from top to down.