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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Two Sites I Like For Their Design Appeal

I really lke the CNN and Amazon web sites for their design appeal. They are easy to use, visually appealing and friendly to use.


·         http://www.CNN.com presentation of news articles can be found in a friendly, clean, useful, easy to read and use interface.

·         I especially appreciate that they indicate when each article was last updated,

·         For some articles, can be found to also contain dynamic, tab-like elements for the exploring of more related information about the current topic without having to navigate elsewhere

·         A lot of information is listed via links from the home page without having a cluttered feeling. The navigation pane for this is on the left.

·         Content is regularly updated

·         There are no moving items vying for my attention

·         I don’t feel that there is much to improve for this site

·         http://www.amazon.com has a clean front page with the logo on the left top and an ad on the top right.  Prominently in the center is a search bar.

·         Below the usual ad in the center of the page is a reminder for me of things I’d looked previously and recommendations of similar items I may be interested in

·          I don’t feel that there is much to improve for this site

2 comments:

  1. I love amazon as well. It has so many things to sell but I think they always are striving to make it easier to navigate and to make sure the website doesn't look crowded.

    I only view CNN on my phone so the mobile version looks good. Good use of hierarchy and proximity. Mostly Just a Picture, Title, maybe subhead, and then a snippet of the actual article.

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  2. Robin,
    your blog is really interesting to read and not just for to read for the class!

    CNN is one of my daily favorites, so when you mentioned those items related to it, I immediately recognize and agree.

    Good work.
    I am going to work on my blog to get it up closer to where yours is.

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