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Examples of the Worst Designs:

http://www.restaurantguideatlanta.com/

http://www.exmormon.org/

A website with a good design can be characterized by an organized format, good readability, and a conciseness that still offers the necessary information. Contrary to these necessities, the two websites linked above provide stereotypical bad web designs. Both sites have an overall layout that lacks a clear direction for the user. There is too much information displayed around the page without an organized format. The user is so bombarded by scattered links and different color boxes and text that a clear cohesion seems to be lacking. There are no tabs that group the information. Instead there is a mass of information that is thrown onto the front page. In other words, there lacks concise organization and format for the sites.

Another major problem that results from the disorder of these sites is the low readability of the text. The combination of the colorful backgrounds and the white text makes the pages difficult to read. In addition the restaurant guide site has animated objects that distract and add to the complexity. This low readability factor and the immense amount of immediate information greatly takes away from the effectiveness of these sites. The same amount of information can be presented with a better layout. Tabs and a better grouping of the information onto other pages could greatly improve these sites.              

Example of the Best Design:

http://www.moose.as/

The site linked above provides an example of an effective site that meets the previously mentioned criteria with an organized format, good readability, and the subsequent presentation of concise information. Unlike the other two sites, Moose’s site has a format that is easy to follow. The site does not flood the user with a mass of links or information. It rather provides large tabs to cycle the examples of their previous work instead of listing the images down the page. Large titles give the user clear paths to take around the site. There is not a lot of extraneous information to distract the user from the important information. The sites minimalism is its strength. An organized layout like this shows a higher level of professionalism and this is a good thing since they are a web design company.   

The presentation of the site gives an overall crisp appearance. The black background provides an interesting element while not over powering the look of the site. The white and grey lettering pops out of the page without overwhelming the eyes. If anything the grey lettering could be brighter. Again, the minimalism of the site provides a clean façade while making use of an interesting texture. For the most part, Moose’s site avoids common mistakes of bad web design and has produced an effective site for its users.       

The main topic for my webpage will be concerning nanotechnology as it applies to its future medical uses. The future of nanotechnology in the medical field really interested me after we looked at the broader nanotechnology future in class. It’s an area of study and theory that has some great promise for our society.

The four subtopics are all possible uses of nanotechnology in medicine.

1)      Snapshots of systems- Nanobots working together could produce a mutli-dimensional molecular model of human tissue

2)      Artificial mitochondria- Nanobots could help produce or distribute ATP to help lost or damages tissue

3)      Provide Oxygen- Nanobots could carry compressed oxygen around the body and release it to help tissue cut off from oxygen

4)      Killing cancer cells- Nanobots could carry nano-computers, binding sites, and poison to locate cancerous tissue and destroy it

All of these functions could one day save millions of lives and so I think they would provide for an interesting website. Wish me luck!