WEEK 4 Part 1: Website Analyzing

Website Analyzing

Two websites with potential problems:
Arngren.net
Find three potential problems.
1. There is way too much going on visually!
2.Too many different colors and different size fonts.
3. It is still designed with Christmas theme and it's not Christmas.

 Riversideartcenter.org
Find three potential problems.
1. Their logo is very tiny.
2. The images in the header and first article change simultaneously making it difficult to follow.
3. Social media buttons are at the bottom of page.

Less images, and having images be more simple to look at. They are both overrun with too much visual going on. They are more complex to navigate due to too much information and/or too many images.

Logo's were small and seasonally outdated. Tells me they don't check anything often and they aren't aware of what's happening on their website. The fonts and colors were so mismatched, or trying to be too fancy that it took away from the intention. To showcase what they had to offer. Social media buttons were non existent for one site, and too big on the other. Riverside Art Center had an annoying pop up to sign up for newsletter. I wouldn't stay on either one of these sites for more than a moment. They were boring to look at, or so overstimulating that it was confusing.


The two businesses I chose to analyze for what was done right are:
https://www.nps.gov/
What have they done right?

1. Website is simple to look at. I can find what I need faster.

2. Nice images related to what I'm expecting to see here.

3. Not too much information,  I did not have to scroll forever to find anything.

4. Social media links clear to see
5. Mobile friendly.

It impacted me by sparking my desire to go outdoors! Great short articles on topics to help me plan a trip somewhere new, as well as helpful. 

 https://www.toyota.com

What have they done right?

1. I quickly find what I expect to see at the top of the page. 

2. Images are very simple on a white background.

3. I like the rotating images and option to scroll through.

4. Articles below on what's happening give me options to explore more information, without being too loud, too busy or too much. Also very uniform in appearance. 

5. Very short scroll to bottom of page.

6. Social media logos very clearly shown.
7. Mobile friendly.

I was impacted by the simplicity of the sites, along with the many options I could choose from.  Especially the simple colors, and letting the uniform images bring the color. That is something I like. I think anyone can make a very colorful and fun/interactive site with background, but what about content and image content for each article? It displays to me if they have  given thought into my user experience.
 I appreciated that the two websites I chose for what they'd done right, had also considered smartphone use when looking at their site.