Comments for ART355 Interaction Design http://blog.gamefiction.com Instructor: Lindsay Grace Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:22:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Bad Link 2 — Mike by admin http://blog.gamefiction.com/2009/09/08/bad-link-2-mike/#comment-26 admin Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:24:15 +0000 http://blog.gamefiction.com/2009/09/08/bad-link-2-mike/#comment-26 <p>I think your observations are fair and directed. It seems like a resource for after-school research. It reminds me of late 90's encyclopedic website. Depending on intended audience, we might want to file this next to the old WowBanking website.</p> I should emphasize that one of the trickiest design tasks for a website is to make something that is kid-friendly without making it look sloppy, underdeveloped or amateur. I haven’t seen many people do it well, but even when it is done well it is easy to undervalue all the work that went into it. I don’t think this site is really all that invested in its design, but it may be an attempt at kid friendly design. You’d really have to ask what their ad-server is doing if it was a child-oriented site. I got ads for booking flights and video conferencing, but the ads may be generated from some cookies I have from other sites. There may be much more harmony in the advertising banner if the adverstiing resource is based off of a child’s browsing. However, even then, adults and children may use the same computer. I think your observations are fair and directed. It seems like a resource for after-school research. It reminds me of late 90’s encyclopedic website. Depending on intended audience, we might want to file this next to the old WowBanking website.

I should emphasize that one of the trickiest design tasks for a website is to make something that is kid-friendly without making it look sloppy, underdeveloped or amateur. I haven’t seen many people do it well, but even when it is done well it is easy to undervalue all the work that went into it. I don’t think this site is really all that invested in its design, but it may be an attempt at kid friendly design.

You’d really have to ask what their ad-server is doing if it was a child-oriented site. I got ads for booking flights and video conferencing, but the ads may be generated from some cookies I have from other sites. There may be much more harmony in the advertising banner if the adverstiing resource is based off of a child’s browsing. However, even then, adults and children may use the same computer.

]]> Comment on BadLink2_Michelle by admin http://blog.gamefiction.com/2009/09/08/badlink2_michelle/#comment-25 admin Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:21:04 +0000 http://blog.gamefiction.com/2009/09/08/badlink2_michelle/#comment-25 <p>Great, your comments are centered on another aspect of audience and info architecture. The site might be exciting as a kind of brochure, but it is not effective as an e-commerce design. This is of course a fundamental of any design, graphic, industrial, etc. What works well for one use, may not work for another. A few other gripes with the design (which is great for some other purposes):</p> <p>We typically suggest that if you are going to integrate sound, you allow us to silence it – Zara’s music didn’t go well with my Pandora station.</p> <p>High bandwidth is not a given – I was far from my wireless transmitter and I had to endure the background video pauses. Since them music starts and stops it was even harder to ignore as I waited for the page to cache. </p> <p>Imagine if you were interested in sharing clothing you liked with your friend. You can’t rally link to it, so you would need to provide very “clear” directions like click 7 times to the left to find the scarf I liked.</p> Great, your comments are centered on another aspect of audience and info architecture. The site might be exciting as a kind of brochure, but it is not effective as an e-commerce design. This is of course a fundamental of any design, graphic, industrial, etc. What works well for one use, may not work for another. A few other gripes with the design (which is great for some other purposes):

We typically suggest that if you are going to integrate sound, you allow us to silence it – Zara’s music didn’t go well with my Pandora station.

High bandwidth is not a given – I was far from my wireless transmitter and I had to endure the background video pauses. Since them music starts and stops it was even harder to ignore as I waited for the page to cache.

Imagine if you were interested in sharing clothing you liked with your friend. You can’t rally link to it, so you would need to provide very “clear” directions like click 7 times to the left to find the scarf I liked.

]]> Comment on anthony reindel bad link 2 by admin http://blog.gamefiction.com/2009/09/08/anthony-reindel-bad-link-2/#comment-24 admin Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:14:29 +0000 http://blog.gamefiction.com/2009/09/08/anthony-reindel-bad-link-2/#comment-24 Agreed, for future reference please see my list of banned bad link resources. Thanks. Agreed, for future reference please see my list of banned bad link resources. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Hannah Miller_Bad Link by admin http://blog.gamefiction.com/2009/09/08/hannah-miller_bad-link/#comment-23 admin Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:04:59 +0000 http://blog.gamefiction.com/2009/09/08/hannah-miller_bad-link/#comment-23 Great observations. Once we get past the initial experience we are left with the less than shiny experience of actually having to use it. The site feels like a car that seems great until you actually own it. Practical matters like being able to drive, steer and get you to your destination return as important concerns. The early 200’s Jaguar X-Type comes to mind, although it probably wasn’t that bad a car. Great observations. Once we get past the initial experience we are left with the less than shiny experience of actually having to use it. The site feels like a car that seems great until you actually own it. Practical matters like being able to drive, steer and get you to your destination return as important concerns. The early 200’s Jaguar X-Type comes to mind, although it probably wasn’t that bad a car.

]]> Comment on Matt Rust Badlink2 by admin http://blog.gamefiction.com/2009/09/08/matt-rust-badlink2/#comment-22 admin Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:58:41 +0000 http://blog.gamefiction.com/2009/09/08/matt-rust-badlink2/#comment-22 Try to be more specific about your comments. It's not enough to say I hate this site - in terms of design - what frustrates you? your two bullet points are the same. Your set of comments amount to poor info architecture - that's one problem - need more. Try to be more specific about your comments. It’s not enough to say I hate this site - in terms of design - what frustrates you? your two bullet points are the same. Your set of comments amount to poor info architecture - that’s one problem - need more.

]]> Comment on Jen - Bad Link by admin http://blog.gamefiction.com/2009/09/08/jen-bad-link/#comment-21 admin Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:53:39 +0000 http://blog.gamefiction.com/2009/09/08/jen-bad-link/#comment-21 Hmm, I think we will have to guess what site you were talking about. Hmm, I think we will have to guess what site you were talking about.

]]> Comment on Caitlin: Bad Link by admin http://blog.gamefiction.com/2009/09/08/caitlin-bad-link/#comment-20 admin Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:52:36 +0000 http://blog.gamefiction.com/2009/09/08/caitlin-bad-link/#comment-20 Oh, so sad, I love M.I.A but here is a web design travesty. I think the goal was to make some urban-styled aesthetic in a web design. Intense, exciting and graffiti-dense. If you look at the styling of Dancehall stars the aesthetic decisions make so much more sense. It is an original design and perhaps there is a question of audience here. Watch videos like bird Flu and you’ll get a sense for the density packed into both the music and the music. We could talk for hours about how M.I.A.’s music is college of emblems from Dancehall Reggae, her Sri-Lankan past, etc, etc, but that wouldn’t make this site any easier to palette for “mainstream audiences.” Even if we “excuse the design” as audience specific, I’d emphasize that metaphor is so tricky I usually tell people to stay far, far away from it. A website is not a wall, it’s a website. Oh, so sad, I love M.I.A but here is a web design travesty. I think the goal was to make some urban-styled aesthetic in a web design. Intense, exciting and graffiti-dense. If you look at the styling of Dancehall stars the aesthetic decisions make so much more sense. It is an original design and perhaps there is a question of audience here. Watch videos like bird Flu and you’ll get a sense for the density packed into both the music and the music. We could talk for hours about how M.I.A.’s music is college of emblems from Dancehall Reggae, her Sri-Lankan past, etc, etc, but that wouldn’t make this site any easier to palette for “mainstream audiences.” Even if we “excuse the design” as audience specific, I’d emphasize that metaphor is so tricky I usually tell people to stay far, far away from it. A website is not a wall, it’s a website.

]]> Comment on Bad 2_ Rosario by admin http://blog.gamefiction.com/2009/09/08/bad-2_-rosario/#comment-19 admin Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:44:09 +0000 http://blog.gamefiction.com/2009/09/08/bad-2_-rosario/#comment-19 <p><p>Interesting, the text is washed out (light grey on white) but I’m not sure I would call it a bad site. There is clarity and there is harmony. I didn’t like being kicked out of the site you buy the book, but other than that the design is unified, clear and relatively easy to use. This may be an interesting one to discuss in class, I’d like to see and hear more about why it was chosen as a bad site.</p></p> <p>Interesting, the text is washed out (light grey on white) but I’m not sure I would call it a bad site. There is clarity and there is harmony. I didn’t like being kicked out of the site you buy the book, but other than that the design is unified, clear and relatively easy to use. This may be an interesting one to discuss in class, I’d like to see and hear more about why it was chosen as a bad site.</p>

]]> Comment on Michelle_GoodLink3 by admin http://blog.gamefiction.com/2009/09/15/michelle_goodlink3/#comment-18 admin Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:43:19 +0000 http://blog.gamefiction.com/2009/09/15/michelle_goodlink3/#comment-18 ]]> Comment on anthony reindel good link 2 by Anthony http://blog.gamefiction.com/2009/09/08/anthony-reindel-good-link-2/#comment-17 Anthony Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:50:13 +0000 http://blog.gamefiction.com/2009/09/08/anthony-reindel-good-link-2/#comment-17 just to elaborate a little more on why i chose this website. if you click on the explore our product link at the top of the page .. the page is full of inspirational artwork that is laid out in a very easy to manage layout. also for interior design they give you color pallets. And they all have an easy to sort tool bar off to the side just to elaborate a little more on why i chose this website. if you click on the explore our product link at the top of the page .. the page is full of inspirational artwork that is laid out in a very easy to manage layout. also for interior design they give you color pallets. And they all have an easy to sort tool bar off to the side

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