Minor Project 21

Minor Project 20

I believe that this website passs the "trunk test. I am able to find all of the contents of the trunk test very quickly.
Site ID: WESTCHESTER MAGAZINE right on the top left of the page.
Search option: On the top right of the page.
Sections: very large across the page right under the site ID.. home, archive, dining, shopping nightlife and so on...
Page name: is identified in the nav bar, which is black, but the page you are on is highlighted in blue
Local navigation: located across the top of the page.




1- The point of this site is to connect and stay connected with friends. You can view pictures of your friends, write to them on your wall or in a message (to be more personal) to stay communicated with them. You can see what your friend is up to and they can do the same as well. Depending on what information you put on your facebook, a friend could see you interests, what your favorite books and movies are, as well as see what your career is and where you go/went to school.

2- When i get to this site, I see that there are many different places to start. To start off with, on your home page is a news feed of everything going on recently with your friends on facebook. I usually start off there and see whats going on. It is very clearly organized. At the top of the page you can go to your profile, look at a list of your friends by most recently added or updated as well as in alphabetical order. On the left side of the page you can organize what shows up in your home page of what is most recently updated by status updates, pictures or you can create groups to organize who you want to show up so its more convenient for you. I think there is not one specific spot to start on this site, many people start at all different places depending on why they are on the site.

Minor Project 19 Wireframes

Minor Project 17

This image makes me thing when i look at it. This is because even though there is a nav bar, there is a lot of information and it gets very confusing when it comes to what to click. There are many advertisements which makes me thing to what I want to be clicking. The Heading is very bright and I think if there were more of those colors throughout the site be less confusing to me and maybe others.



This is a site that doesnt make me think. Even though there are many advertisements and a lot of information like the Everyday with Rachael Ray site, the nav bar is very bright and big making it easy to know where to go. It is also very organized. You dont think to think much to get around the site


What does satisficing mean?
- Choosing not the best option, but one that is alright and does the job.

Name a convention in web design that is your "friend" explain why.
- Tool bars, no matter what kind. They make it easy to find what you are looking for because they are most of the time very organized by organizing pages in the same topics in groups.

Do you agree that making choices mindless makes a site easy to use?
-Yes, when you need to think to much to figure out how to use the site and where to find information for the site, it is more often that the user will go to another site to find there information. When it is easily organized, you dont need to think much to get around and the user will most likely stay on the site.

Omit needless words. Why?
-You do not want there to be too much information on the site. The more information the harder it is to find what you are looking for on the site.

Happy talk must die. Why?
- Happy talk serves not purpose to the site, and just distracts the user of the site.

Instructions must die. Why?
-People mostly never read directions, and try to figure out how to do things on there own because it is easier that way and takes up less time.

Minor Project 16

The website for the Institute for Healthcare Communication needs to be redesigned. It is very user unfriendly, and not eye catching at all. The flashing of the color and picture slide show is very distracting and makes it very difficult to pay attention to the information on the site.

When I redesign the site, I am thinking about using a color scheme of Blue, Grey, Black and White, all very calm easy to read relaxing colors, that are bright at the same time. For the Navigation Bar, I think I would design it being horizontal with easy roll overs. Instead of the Flashing Picture colorful slide show, I would design having pictures on the left and right site of the page with the content in the center.

The site is aiming to look professional and organized and I hope to make that happen.

For my plan of action I chose to use a
Design Brief
Thumbnail sketches
Collect main information to be put in site (and and sub buttons)
Wireframes
Prototypes using photoshop for the main page and then for the following placeholder pages/images/dummy text
Replace with real content
Test site, and finish site for presentation
Revise, finish site.