wk 5 lecture answers..
visit http://www.thisfashion.com.sg/
1. How do you find the site? (in 3 words)
Simple, unattractive, boring.
2. Who do you think the site is created for?
For local female customers to browse details about the shops’ outlets.
3. What are the good attributes of the site (in terms of usability,aesthetic issues, etc.)?
The language used is understandable, links are working and the size of the pages are okay. (Visitors do not have to experience problems in scrolling the page horizontally to read.
4. What are the bad attributes of the site?
The site does not show or reveal much information about the clothings they sell. Some font colour is similar to the background (less saturated, less contrast), thus making it hard for visitors to read.
Week 3 answers
Here are my answers for this week’s questions. I’ve chosen KCK Food Catering.
I am still unfamiliar with the linking of pdf documents. So when clicking on the link above, it will link you to another page. Below the page, there is a link provided. Please click on the link.
Week 2 answers
1. What is browser-safe color palette/ web-safe colors?
It is a series of dark and less saturated colours mostly used in designing web pages that are to be viewed from a 256 colour computer system. It is a palette the most browsers, such as Mosaic, Netscape, and IE use in their browser. It contains 216 colours out of 256.
2. Is it still relevant in the today’s context? Why?
No. Today, it is safe to design web pages without the browser-safe palette. This is because people nowadays seldom view web from 256 colours computer anymore.
However, many companies feel that it is a honor to design with these colour palette.
3. What are the common fonts face found on PC and Mac?
Some of the most common fonts are the Arial family, Counrier New, and Times New Roman.
4. What is page loading time and how it influence your design?
Page loading time refers to the amount of time the user has to wait for a new link, or web page, to load (appear).
Usually, a web page with huge file size requires more time for loading. This will lead to the decrease of interest in the user as well as inconvenience.
This will influence the web designer. Thus when designing a web, it is important to try to reduce the size of the file.
5. http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2007/03/19/web-design-and-worflow-process-comparison Read about web design process article above and write what you think about it.
After reading the article above, I noticed that there are several steps one require to design and create a successful website. From planning, to execution, one need alot of focus, passion, and most importantly, efford. Also, I have learnt quite a few important steps in designing a web page from the article.
Before you start designing, one has to analyse the ideas. Most of the design process in the article mentioned thumbnail sketching, initial drafts, research and discovery.
Some process required more efforts than the rest. The took the efford to explore, and discover new things. Such as typefaces, designs, and images.
Though the most common theme are design, and produce, a few of the processes the article had mentioned does not include analysis before starting, while some skipped a few more steps. Some do not require testing or evaluation.
Personally, I believe that it is a good thing to procceed on with the Instructional Design Process. This include analysis, design, development, implement and evaluation. I find these steps very useful.
Some processes involved even more work than the Instructional Design Process. They do testing, post-launch, mock up, and took the extra efforts to make it better.
To me, I think the processes are useful and relevant. However, the effort put in are huge. Therefore, as I have mentioned, to create a web site, one has to have a huge passion, focus and efforts.
~Answers to some questions~
I’m starting my first web design module and there are basic things that I myself have to find out before I begin.
Here are my answers to some of the basic questions about the web:
1. Name as many browsers as you can.
Mozilla Firefox, Avant Browser, Internet Explorer, Safari, Google Chrome, Opera.
2. What is browser wars?
People competing for dominance in the web browser marketplace are known as browser wars.
3. What is IP address?
It stands for Internet Protocol address, which are stored as binary numbers and displayed in human-readable notations.
It is is assigned to devices participating in a computer network utilizing the internet protocol for communication between its nodes.
4. What is a URL?
It stands for Uniform Resource Locator. It acts as a Uniform Resource Identifier (USI) that specifies where an identified resource is available and the mechanism for retrieving it.
5. What is a good website?
A good website is website that will consist of components of a sucessful website. The components are not about the design or layout, but it is more like the structure. These components are split into “visible”, as to what people see, and “invisible”, whats going on behind the scenes.
From the “visible”, the viewer must be able to understand what the website is about and the message it is trying to convey. Simple designs and messagers make more comprehensive strategy.
From the “invisible”, it covers 95 percent of the visible. It begins with an objective, and come by with a strategy. It involve alot of works, including graphical designs, programming, contents, technology choices and many more.
I’ve answered the above questions through researching on helpful websites such as:
http://www.apis.ca/on_websites/what-makes-good-website.php and
