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Subject:Re: When Programmers Design Web Pages ... From:David Castro <thetechwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 28 Mar 2002 04:00:48 -0800 (PST)
> During my midterm today, we were given a few
> web sites from which to select one and
> critique it in terms of navigation, typography,
> etc. I picked this one:
>
>http://www.artcenter.edu
>
> I was not kind.
I actually thought that the design/layout/navigation were perfectly appropriate
for the audience. If this was a web site that documented an API, I think it
would totally tick off the readers. But the readers of this site are artists,
and so they're going to want to see a web site that reflects that.
I found the navigation a bit helter-skelter, but it was easy to find, which is
nice. I also was impressed that they were able to do all that they did in such
a small window. This enables everyone to use the site...even people using
WebTV.
Remember one of the TW mantras: "Know your audience."
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