WEBSITE ANALYSIS BY A NON-QUALIFIED WEBSITE ANALYSIST
BLACKBOARD (the Buffalo State experience)
Ohhhhhhh, Blackboard. How I love to hate you. Blackboard appears to have struggled when making it's transformation from Web 1.0 to 2.0; it looks like minimal effort was put into the design elements like color, text, all things related to providing optimal user experience. The content is not very well organized, one has to really search for the things they're looking to find. When one changes semesters, information from the previous semester still shows on their home page. Half of the page contains notifications that are essentially irrelevant but are still there: CLEARLY. Many people are displeased with their experience using Blackboard, but the ones in charge continue to ignore this and to this day, haven't made any changes. We can only hope that Blackboard figures it out for future students, I'll pray for them.
APPLE
The clean, sleek, simple design of Apple products is translated into their website (thankfully). Each product line has it's own link at the beginning of the site, so accessibility is a huge pro. They even have a search link at the top, in case whatever you're looking for isn't in any of the other links. There is a lot of negative space, because less is more. As you scroll down the page, you see pictures of different products that look like ads you'd see in a magazine. Very well done Apple.
ESPN
ESPN's website is a tad bit cluttered for my liking. Like Apple, it has a link for each different sports league (NFL, NBA, MLB). But as you scroll down, it's information overload. It's almost like a news site, but worse. The "top headlines" appear as a sidebar on the right with zero visuals. And below that, is where you can log in to your account. Boring texts and lack of structure. It too seems as though it hasn't made the transformation into Web 2.0. Time to upgrade ESPN.
TUMBLR
Tumblr's homepage has certainly evolved with the times. Users formerly complained of it's lack of organization. It's much easier to navigate now than it used to be. The first option it provides is to log into or create an account, but for those who are new to Tumblr, there's a brief walkthrough of what Tumblr is and how to use it. The design elements are spectacular and there is no scrolling. This site perfectly embodies a great user experience. Congrats Tumblr, you finally did it.
SCHNITZEL & CO
This is the website of the company that I work for. When you first click on the site, it's beautiful. The logo appears and below are links to the menu, homepage, and banquets, reservations, and LOCATION. This is where I get irritated, because I believe that this should be the first thing that the user has to pick. Since there are two different locations (Transit Rd and Eggert Rd, there should be an option to choose which location the user is looking for FIRST. Otherwise, the rest of the information is useless as it pertains to only the Transit location. The design elements of the website are amazing and it's organized very well, but guests are often complaining when they come in because they are finding information on the website that only relates to the Transit location, not ours. This has been translated to the owner and nothing has been done about it, so that's that.
Ohhhhhhh, Blackboard. How I love to hate you. Blackboard appears to have struggled when making it's transformation from Web 1.0 to 2.0; it looks like minimal effort was put into the design elements like color, text, all things related to providing optimal user experience. The content is not very well organized, one has to really search for the things they're looking to find. When one changes semesters, information from the previous semester still shows on their home page. Half of the page contains notifications that are essentially irrelevant but are still there: CLEARLY. Many people are displeased with their experience using Blackboard, but the ones in charge continue to ignore this and to this day, haven't made any changes. We can only hope that Blackboard figures it out for future students, I'll pray for them.
APPLE
The clean, sleek, simple design of Apple products is translated into their website (thankfully). Each product line has it's own link at the beginning of the site, so accessibility is a huge pro. They even have a search link at the top, in case whatever you're looking for isn't in any of the other links. There is a lot of negative space, because less is more. As you scroll down the page, you see pictures of different products that look like ads you'd see in a magazine. Very well done Apple.
ESPN
ESPN's website is a tad bit cluttered for my liking. Like Apple, it has a link for each different sports league (NFL, NBA, MLB). But as you scroll down, it's information overload. It's almost like a news site, but worse. The "top headlines" appear as a sidebar on the right with zero visuals. And below that, is where you can log in to your account. Boring texts and lack of structure. It too seems as though it hasn't made the transformation into Web 2.0. Time to upgrade ESPN.
TUMBLR
Tumblr's homepage has certainly evolved with the times. Users formerly complained of it's lack of organization. It's much easier to navigate now than it used to be. The first option it provides is to log into or create an account, but for those who are new to Tumblr, there's a brief walkthrough of what Tumblr is and how to use it. The design elements are spectacular and there is no scrolling. This site perfectly embodies a great user experience. Congrats Tumblr, you finally did it.
SCHNITZEL & CO
This is the website of the company that I work for. When you first click on the site, it's beautiful. The logo appears and below are links to the menu, homepage, and banquets, reservations, and LOCATION. This is where I get irritated, because I believe that this should be the first thing that the user has to pick. Since there are two different locations (Transit Rd and Eggert Rd, there should be an option to choose which location the user is looking for FIRST. Otherwise, the rest of the information is useless as it pertains to only the Transit location. The design elements of the website are amazing and it's organized very well, but guests are often complaining when they come in because they are finding information on the website that only relates to the Transit location, not ours. This has been translated to the owner and nothing has been done about it, so that's that.
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