Web Critique and Notes

Aldo: Great layout and background design, it really seems to match with your topic. The headings, and links are also set up nicely. However, to get to the deeper web pages, you're forced to only click on links in the text it seems. Perhaps you could set up a side bar with related links to that page.

Max: I really enjoyed your navigation system. The main topic links on the top as well as links to related subjects for each page on the side really worked well. The pictures and information match nicely too. However, sometimes many of the links on the side of the page were the same as the links on the top. So it seemed a bit repetitive. But I guess it seems like our teacher likes more links and thus easier navigation so perhaps it's fine.

Andy: Great navigation! Loved the many different navigation bars and picture links. Also a very interesting topic and well written. Your web page in my opinion seems to be based off of that alternative energy site you linked to, which is very cool. The only thing is that your site seems very big in my window browser. I have to scroll to the side a lot to see the rest of your page. Maybe you could lower the pixel count or something to make it smaller and fit better.

NOTES
Liu:
More time keyword scanning
People like browing, but browsing website not as effective as browing library
67% increase in reading, due to work or family, usually on the web
Many people will only read a document once and never again

Nielson:
People don't read on web, they scan
Concise text, scannable layout, and objective language increase webpage usability
Highlighted keywords, half the world count, lists
People look at a web page in an F shape. As in they look at whats at top, and then stop looking more as they go down
First 2 paragraphs must be most important
Subheads or paragraphs should be information carrying-words

Jerz:
Links are very important
Link to related page
Group similar pages together
When on home page, link to home should be different color or unclickable

Websites that suck:
Website doesn't make you look like credible professionals
Doesn't eliminate unnecessary design items and don't know which design items are not necessary
Site doesn't look the same in major browsers
Site uses centered text on more than just headlines
Doesn't use logo on top of every page
Site navigation should tell you where you are, where you're going to go and how to get back to home page
Navigation not in top screen