Web Research Pt. 2: Reading

Here are my questions from the reading:

1. When Beaird talks about emerging trends in websites and those that are 'putting content first', what does he mean?

2. What are some factors to consider about your user when designing your site?

3. Why would the term variable fixed width be considered somewhat ironic?



Answers:

1. Putting the content on the far left in the three column set up.

2. They will not always use the site the way you expect them to, they will more than likely merely scan your page looking for what they want, and they are not always as technologically savvy as they would like to think they are.

3.Because the number of colums vary depending on the width of the page. Therefore it is ironic because it acts almost as if it's a fluid design, but then once it hits a certain width the layout of the page varies.

Web Research Pt. 1: Reading

After completing both reading assignments my questions from the readings are as follows:

1. After completing the reading, what, in your opinion, is the most important component of a good website?

2.a)What two types of symmetry are more likely to be found on a splash page than in an actual page layout?
b)What two types of symmetry are more likely to be found in the page layout?

3. What principle of web design is similar to, if not the same thing as, the Gestalt theory?






Answers:
1. Good communication. You want to be able to get the point of your website across without bombarding the user with unnecessary information. Like the reading states, you want your site to be self evident and not self explanatory.

2. a) bilateral and radial b) symmetrical and horizontal

3. Proximity