JURNAL:CRITICS OF WEBSITES
1:FACEBOOK
The well known social website "Facebook" is getting more and more popular,thanks to Mark Zuckerberg the Co-founder of Facebook, everyone has the chance to communicate with internet.
There is plenty of social websites with similar function but why only Facebook able to attract so many users?
Let's Find Out!
Here, is the login screen facebook.
Clean design
Great Color Combination
Large Fonts
Simple Logo
Easy to create an account!
Great Color Combination
Large Fonts
Simple Logo
Easy to create an account!
Above picture is the timeline of created account.
Simply easy to understand
Clean layout
Informative
Blue fonts on white background
The overall webpage is simple,easy to read due to the color chosen( Light blue bar,Blue fonts/Black fonts,Pure white background),with the combination of those elements,users can read every single words clearly without any pressure,while surfing others timeline,a user can find other user's information quickly.
"Wall" is a place for users to share his information,upload photos,sharing every moment and posting STATUS. The wall can be found in every user's homepage and all the status posted by friends can be seen directly.
The wall system is great as every status and information posted by users will be updated instantly.
A very important service which Facebook provide is the CHAT system.
The function is exactly like MSN(live chat software) but the layout is much more simple and neat.
User can surf the facebook while chating thanks to the SMALL SIZE chat box.
The comment system,also a very important element in the Facebook which allow users to write something towards other's status,photo,or post.
SIMPLE
QUICK
NEAT
LAST BUT NOT LEAST!
THE LIKE BUTTON!
The like button,i believe that it is a very important thing for every Facebook users.
Every posted information,status and photo will receive a "LIKE" from each person.
The amount of likes will be collected and the amount of like can encourage someone to be active everyday.
2:DeviantART
Deviantart is a very popular website which allow the user to upload his artworks to share with every artist internationally.
Artists from all around the world communicate with each other and sharing their photos.On top of that,artist can earn money from the website through selling their prints in credit.
Homepage of Deviantart shows popular artworks, it can be sorted by time.
Clean Layout
Visible Fonts
Large Photos
Simple icon but easy to be understand
This is the "Category" which allow the users to filter their homepage artworks with different category.
All the artworks remain the aspect ratio,even it has been scaled down!
Let's say we click on "Digital Art" in the category.
The Homepage photos changed to the "Digital Art" genre and this allow the users to search for new digital artworks that uploaded recently.
On top of the website, there is a search bar that user can search any related words.
The search engine will filter the search result accurately.
For example we try to search for "Digimon" related artworks.
The artworks uploaded ever since which related to the word"Digimon" along with the creater's name will be shown.
This is the layout of the gallery when user click in to an artwork.
On the right of the gallery there is a column shows other artworks of the creator.
Other than that the website automatically search for other artworks which are similar to the viewing artwork,the system called"More From deviantART".
This is the comment system of the deviantart,Simple and easy,Reply system also provided.
3: PIXIV
Pixiv is an artwork sharing website created by japanese.The users mainly focus on japan but more and more international users join the community.
Pivix also has become a very important platform for artist all around the world to show their artwork and someone with great potential will become very popular in a short period of time.
It is also a competitive platform
All about PIXIV
This is the cover page of the PIXIV( advertiser)
The homepage of the PIXIV.
SIMPLE DESIGN
WELL ARRANGED
INFORMATIVE
Announcement, every details or news about drawing competition will be posted.
Artworks of the following users,updated as the artist upload a new artwork.
CONCLUSION: This website is an art sharing website,with the PLAIN and SIMPLE design is suit enough because users will focus only on the website,if the design and layout is too outstanding,the main purpose of the website will be neglected.
4:NOTEBOOKCHECK
Notebookcheck.com is a website for users to search information of laptops, pc, graphic cards and so on.It is a very good survey website,users who are planning to buy a new pc or laptop can surf the website to find more information.
Homepage of the notebookcheck.com.The layout is quite nice and the very good thing the creator does is that he highlights the post on top of the website,it makes the user easy to access to news about laptops,smartphone and so on.
The news tab, new technology which recently released will be reviewed by the creator and uploaded the benchmark scores,rating and overall performances
One of the example of laptop reviews,every details are listed along with PHOTOS!
The information is very COMPLETE
Article of review will be written down and important words are highlighted and linked to the other webpage to show the users more information.
5:YOUTUBE
The most popular website of the world,YOUTUBE!Everyone knows youtube so let's just go to the mainpoint without talking much!
The LOGO of the youtube website is special enough and innovative!
even other similar websites are trying to imitate the logo.
Homepage of the YOUTUBE
Homepage with great layout design,everything arranged well and systematically.
The white background with video thumbnail is easy to access.
The video player page.
Black design above the white background TOTALLY highlighted the player.
Besides the player,there is a WATCH LATER bar which allow user to access to other video very quickly.
Personally i like the CHANNEL BROWSER page.
The layout is simple, beautiful and easy to use.
The Red Color Based icons are outstanding,design well and looks neat.
Without reading the words,Users still can access to the channel by just recognizing the icons!
6:GOOGLE TRANSLATE
Super useful website,the GOOGLE monster's Translate website!
The name tells everything,it translates any language in a blink of eye.
Even a sentence,OR an ARTICLE can be translated in seconds.
Style of GOOGLE,SIMPLE!
The layout is lack of design,BUT SUPER EASY TO USE.
Covered with WHITE,BLACK and GRAY.
WAIT,there is a BLUE.
Translate result,simple and quick.
The ICONS here also play a very important roll.
ICONS designed well,just as always like GOOGLE does.
