Good Web Design
Transient spaces is very similar to a subject I did last year, Desktop Publishing. Although we are going into a lot more detail, all we really did in that class was make a website.
Basically, to me, good web design is simple, keep it clear and keep it simple. I think thats why Google has had so much success; you don’t need to understand the internet to use it. There is only one space to do anything, so its logical to write your topic in the one line. There aren’t crazy adds popping in your face or numerous different search bars, just the one clear simple path to take. We take ourselves for granted for being so computer literate that we forget that many internet users are either elderly, disabled, or just simply do not understand how to use it.
What I hate about websites is not being able to find the home page again, and so you type in the basic web address and it still takes you somewhere you don’t want to be! Take for example hotmail. I was using a shared computer recently and the person who used it before me was French, so she was in www.hotmail.fr. no matter what I did when I tried to use the computer it would always stay in French! even when I typed in www.hotmail.com
Surely there is a more simple way
Now I need to talk about eBay.
I love to hate Ebay. I also love to love Ebay.
Let me explain. I am a shoppaholic (oh how cliche!) But no seriously I must spend any money that enters my bank account within a designated period or I feel like I am wasting away. That’s when Ebay comes into it. The thrill of the bidding! The test of your courage!
OK so it’s not really that exciting, but when you get a piece of clothing, or some other random object you really didn’t need, it is quite exciting. So basically what I’m trying to say is that the idea of Ebay suits me to a tea!
BUT! The design of the Ebay website drives me insane! It is so difficult to navigate, especially when you are in the ‘My Ebay’ section, it is always going to different screens, then you have to hit ‘back’ and you lose your product that you wanted to bid on. The worst part about the Ebay website is the home page, it is crazy! So busy that there are things just everywhere. But you know…I think they do it on purpose. It is the objective of Ebay to create a sense of panic and excitement when you reach the home page so you immediately start bidding on unnecessary items and feel like you have to BUY BUY BUY!!! How sneaky of them….but it works a treat!
