Again, similar to the previous chapters, chapter 3 to 6 are concentrating on several principles that how can we all build a better website. We should arrange things so that it is easy for users to see and tell what is more important and so on; and to eliminate useless information, in other words, give a direct message. Most websites like to give a "happy talk", even the websites today contains a lot of useless words that are just wasting the space of the page and the user's time reading them. I found it very interesting how the author can erase half then another half of the words on a website, then still could make up a direct message using the remaining words. It proves that often we see the long paragraph on the page either to welcome you, or for instruction, does not need to be that long. Sometimes we would be more likely to scan it even skip it, but to cut it down, it would be easier for us all to read it.
The author also emphasis on giving the users a mindless thought on the website, such as what is click-able, or how to find what they are looking for. Most of the time when web users surf on the internet, is to save time, or looking for things in a hurry. No one would want to think twice to make a click on the internet, they want to just go "bang!" and get what they seek for. Overall, it is important for us web builders to understand what web users need and look for, as to design a user-friendly site. It would keep them coming, as they find it easy to preform and helpful.
As we are starting to construct our personal website, I think the book is guiding us what to put on there to attract more users to browse our website. I would stay simple, leaving only important words and information on there and users can find things that they want in just one click!
*Visual Hierarchy
* Keep it Simple, Stupid
*Take Out Useless Words
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Week 1 Reading
The book "Don't make me think" states a few essential facts that we have to consider when building or intend to create a website. First, the website has to be self-explanatory, since the web users do not want to think when they are surfing on the web. Second, it should be user friendly, and extremely easy to use, the purpose to use a website is to save time; therefore it should allows web users to scan through to page and get what they want. The better the website work for the web users, the higher the possibility that they will come back and use it again. When we design a website that contains clear directions, recognizable tools, and working fast, when web users finds what they want, they are likely to stick with it. The author restates these few points in the introduction and chapter 1 and 2.
I found this book written in a really interesting that it keeps me reading, just as the information he gives out, it is important to keep your web users keep coming back and stay in your web site. I like how to illustration in the text makes it much easier to understand the whole concept. Sounds simple as it seems, creating a user-friendly website may be a bit of the challenge. We all know how to pick a good website that we like and stick to it, but when it comes to our hand to build one, it may not be as simple as it looks.
After reading the first few chapters, I found out we can view things at different points of view to make things a bit more interesting and understandable. It is always good to absorb information from different points of view to find out whats best. I am getting excited to create my first personal website, ever!
INSPIRING PORTFOLIO SITES ---
* No Days Off
* Jesse Kirsch
* Paul Lee Design
* A Good Company
* Oskar Kron
* Salad Design
* Louis Beaudoin
* Celeste Prevost
I found this book written in a really interesting that it keeps me reading, just as the information he gives out, it is important to keep your web users keep coming back and stay in your web site. I like how to illustration in the text makes it much easier to understand the whole concept. Sounds simple as it seems, creating a user-friendly website may be a bit of the challenge. We all know how to pick a good website that we like and stick to it, but when it comes to our hand to build one, it may not be as simple as it looks.
After reading the first few chapters, I found out we can view things at different points of view to make things a bit more interesting and understandable. It is always good to absorb information from different points of view to find out whats best. I am getting excited to create my first personal website, ever!
INSPIRING PORTFOLIO SITES ---
* No Days Off
* Jesse Kirsch
* Paul Lee Design
* A Good Company
* Oskar Kron
* Salad Design
* Louis Beaudoin
* Celeste Prevost
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Sketches!
A rough draft of the website design, I am aiming to make it very "me".
I have struggle picking a theme that I want,
I kind of want to make a bit of everything (since I like a lots of different styles), well, that may not be a good idea after all. Simple and modern looking designs always appeal to me, therefore I am designing it toward that direction.
Friday, January 14, 2011
---Mood Board---
In order to create the mood and style that represents me, I selected a number of images that appeals to me, but more to what is looks like, it helped me explain my personal style other than just words.
i will put all the sources of the images that i used in this moodboard in the next post.
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