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Proposed Criteria
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Anita Gustafson |
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Brenda Bree | ||
Damian Bjerketvedt | 1.
Easy to Navigate. It should not take an excessive amount of work to maneuver
from homepages to subsites. 2. If graphics are used, they should not be used in excess. Simple yet eye catching. To many pictures makes the site look gaudy. 3. Loads up quickly. 4. Additional windows should not pop up when you click on a link http://www.d.umn.edu/~rdavis/ Example of criteria 1. This is another one of my professors' homepages. This downloads quickly. The homepage itself is not impressive. It is more or less just a table of contents to the rest of the subsites. It is not eye catching but it loads up quickly and serves as a good base to maneuver from. http://www.startrek.com/ Example of criteria 2. (How graphics add to the feel of the page.) I put this site down because I'm a big fan of the show. It is also eye catching. The use of cool graphic really adds to the feel of the page. It is easy to get drawn into. Navigation is simple but the appearance is the selling point. |
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David Roland | ||
Eric Hall | I agree with
the engineering point of view. I guess my criteria is simple. A webpage
should be like a book, or portfolio.
Number one is always a quick load time. No one at home wants to wait to flip the page of the book. A site I go to, but get frustrated with the time is http://www.dlrarmy.com The front page should be a table of contents/index/tab system of sorts. Some simple menu system for getting around. The class website does have this, with the "tabs" of the portfolio on the left at all times. Another example, good and bad is http://www.mpr.org -- menus at the top are nice. However, there are days when the front page is exremely cluttered. The other, supporting web pages should be somewhat short, like a page to two pages in a book. Graphics are ok, as long as they are not too big and are related to the page. The exception to the supporting pages is the target. If you want to share art, pictures, funky topics, etc., then more style is ok, within reason. It may be wise to include a warning about long load times. Finally, pop-ups and pop-unders. Yuck. I hate these. http://www.prowrestling.com -- is one example. Along with that, there are no warnings if a hyperlink is going to bring up a new window. That should also have a warning. I try to think about the reader. Although there is color ink, newspapers still make their print in black. A little restraint from the newest thing or the over designing is the best policy. |
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Gary Hoefs |
1. Fast load time (it should be designed so that something
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Jeremy Nihart | http://www.smartwood.org/
this site is relatively straitforward. It doesn't have any distracting animations
or loud colors. It provides a nice layout where different links can be followed
and a description about the site. It loads within a few seconds.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/untangle/greek.html This site has no pictures at all. It is purely an information site where a description of all the greek gods can be found. It is set up in a table format and loads very fast. Unless you are searching for specific information this site can be boring. I think a web site should be simple. This way it does load in a reasonable amount of time and it's not hard to understand what the site is about. I think that some sites overwhelm the visitor by providing numerous links throughout the text and along the borders. Colors should be 'friendly' -although that is different to each person. Too many background characteristics take away from the body of the page. |
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Jessica Gunderson | ||
Jill Torgerson |
Fast loading http://www.molehillgroup.com/annoying/ While exploring the web sites submitted by classmates I came across this little gem. An excellent piece of writing. hppt://lauraholder.com/about.html This is what you get when you click the "about us" link on her homepage. It speaks volumes of the woman without giving us a single piece of "data" about her (i.e. name,address,resume,etc). She demonstrates Heim's theory that people are drawn to the Internet out of a desire to extend themselves, The page opens too slowly because of photographs that could have been much smaller, but in this case it's worth the wait. I felt the site as a whole had several "problems"
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Kelly Rauzi |
1) lack of animation (a good thing in my opinion) 1) design structure consistent from page to page |
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Kris Ewert | ||
Luke Stasney | 1) Useful links http://www2.ebtech.net/~leafman/
-I felt that it was easy to understand the purpose of this website and the
links brought you to places you might be interested to go to. Also, the
format is simple and the pictures are telling. 2) Easy-to-Access Information 3) Simple, yet telling Graphic Design http://www.eelab.newpaltz.edu/~torres84/ -This home page doesn't really tell us anything about who the person is. I think some different pictures could give this home page a lift and show what this guy is trying to get across to the user. 4) Consistent Format 5) Quick Downloads |
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Mark Paschke | 1) Should load
fairly quickly (within 8-10 seconds on a slow connection) 2) Interesting and relevant content, no, interesting content is not that your aunt's brothers' cousin had a baby. 3) Good graphic design, this means appropriate graphics that make the site interesting without overwhelming it. 4) Interface-we've all been to a site that you get two clicks deep into and then your lost-avoid this at all costs and develop consistency with your pages so the user doesn't have to deal with this. 5) No Pop-up's, most people immediately leave when they start getting bombarded with pop-ups. Ever tried going to one of those free gif servers? This is a page that has a good mix of content and graphics-enough to make it interesting but not so much that it is overwhelming. Good interfact too-keeps everything compact. (I am biased though because I made it-you can all say it sucks if you want to) This is a cool page but the opening page is wacked a huge graphic image that really has no bearing on the site as a whole, it's a shame because the rest of the site is pretty good. UMD's engineering page, very to the point with lots of info and not much artistic input, gets the job of conveying information done. This guy has an impressive resume in the computer realm but his homepage is HORRIBLE, look at all the annoying graphics and lack of direction for the interface design. |
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Megan Mulkey |
1. Don't lock browser into the web page http://www.home.dal.net/oliner
Try to escape this site easily and you may find yourself booting and kicking. |
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Michael Evenson | ||
Nate Grussing | ||
Nicholas Schmidt |
No plug-ins needed to view content. no dead links |
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Nichole De Mars | eye catching fast loading sized appropriately well organized example Is a diverent site, that I find fits my criteria. It is fast, and easy to navigate. This is also a very active, and creative site. |
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Phillip Sayles | 1. A background
that doesn't clash with the font. 2. Fast Loading 3. Frequent updates to dynamic information 4. Picture of homepage author. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/2597/ This homepage is fast loading, a few pictures so as not to make it boring, and has a easy to follow layout 5. No pop up windows. http://homepages.msn.com/ProjectPl/jerseyseals/seal.html This homepage is easy to read and follow but has to many pop up advertiesments. If I wanted to play wack-a-mole I'd go to the arcade, It ruins the whole site. |
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Renee Gundlach |
http://webpages.marshall.edu/~carter22/ http://webpages.marshall.edu/~clark79/ |
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Shanna Willie | http://www.fatwreck.com This is a record label's web site. It is well put together and easy to navigate. It isn't too flashy either. It has easy to find links to other labels and information. http://www.badreligion.com This is a band's site and is good for several reasons. It has catchy, practical graphics. It has the links to all the other pages one might want listed right up top. |
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Sheena Dooley |
- The page must download in a reasonable amount of time. this website downloads within seconds and it packs a lot of information in a simple, yet attractive design. You know exactly what the function is of the stuff on the page, whether it be searching the web, research links, or looking up words in the dictionary.I thought basically this site contained all of the things that makes a decent web page. The only downfall to it would be that it doesn't have personal information, but it does represent the business of journalism and is a great source for journalists.
It took awhile for everything to pop up on this website. It had a pretty good, simple design, but the fonts she used probably wouldn't come up on every person's computer. |
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Tara Jernell | 1. Easy to read http://eserver.org/home/kreger/
The colors in this page make the writing hard to read and it seems to
put strain on my eyes when I try to look at it. 2. Easy to navigate through 3. Not too crowded http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~jwatrous/ This page contains links to a lot of information without having a lot of information on one page. It is nice that it is not too crowded with too much information 4. Loads quickly 5. Gets information/point across to viewer |
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Craig | Previous Criteria I've used |