Good and Bad Design Mandy Smetana

Good Design Checklist Text Light colored background Text is readable Columns of text are narrow

Good Design Checklist Navigation Easy to understand and use Navigation bar or buttons allow the visitor to know where they are Frames are not obtrusive Large site has an index or site map

Good Design Checklist Links Colors coordinate Underlined Work

Good Design Checklist Graphics Small buttons Alt text label Graphic link with matching text link Browser-safe colors Animated graphics turn off

Good Design Checklist General Design Quick download Fit into 640 x 460 space Graphics to break up large amounts of text Consistency No orphan pages

Bad Design Quiz http://www.urbancollective.com http://www.bigtimebiz.biz http://www.enchantingpics.com/index.htm http://www.artcenter.edu http://www.wildwoodsports.com http://www.mozel.com http://www.xwd.co.uk

Bad Design Suggestions Urban Collective – text too small, obtrusive frames, buttons hard to use Big Time Business – too many types of font, text too small, text nonreadable, suggest the size of browser to use Enchanting Pics – no coordinating colors, too many sizes of text, no consistency

Bad Design Suggestions Cont. Art Center College – navigation hard to use, window can not be expanded, have to scroll horizontally Wildwood Motorsports – scrolling frame into one of the same color, links arrow does not fit on site map Mozel – Farris wheel buttons hard to use XWD – neat interface but hard to use