New York Times

Because it is a news Web site, the New York Times homepage struggles with overwhelming you with text. It is mainly black and white, with headlines in blue. The navigation is on the side of the page instead of the top, so it tends to blend in with the text of the articles.

They do a good job of incorporating charts, pictures, videos, with interactive features and audio clips and in the center of the page is a section labeled “Inside NYTimes.com” which is my favorite aspect of the page. Also in any of their photo collections it goes to a sleek black page with all white and grey highlights.

Below that is a detailed, bulleted listing of the latest articles in each section of their online paper making it easy to find the latest news stories. The Week In Review portion of the page, search box and “most popular” sections of the page make it extremely easy to find past articles and subject matter.

The footer is well organized and reiterates the columns that would be in their paper. With the normal privacy, etc. that would be in a paper.

The target audience is anyone who would normally read their newspaper; businessmen, yuppies, high-end metropolitans, etc.

ESPN.com

ESPN.com is the leading sports Web site, averaging 21 million users per month, more than any other sports Web site, according to Neilsen Net-ratings. The website uses a main top bar navigation with a search option and a several category navigations where viewers may navigate the site effortlessly, better able to find what they are searching for. This site appeals to sports fans of all ages. It provides 500-1000 new videos each week, up-to-the-minute sports news, statistics, analysis and scores; games, webcast, and access to the companies other media such as television, magazine, and radio. The main colors shown are a variety of deep red hues accented by gray, gold, and white. Within the background are various symbols that are used within various sports, highlighting the web’s design. This site was very well composed.

Building HTML and CSS

When first discussing html and css, I was overwhelmed. However, after going over it step-by-step and seeing how everything has its own code it was not as bad as it originally seemed. The most interesting concept to me was the color coding and link posting just by entering the correct codes and tags. Each time I saved and previewed, the work updated itself and it was very interesting to see that just by entering the correct code or tag, you could change the entire appearance of the page.

Boeing Review

www.boeing.com is a website designed for Boeing Business Jets. When you first enter on the page, you will notice a very simple design and not much to it, and it is hard to figure out what is the main point of the website.

The one thing that very compliments the page is the use of blue and white colors. Being that is a website that deals in aeronautics the colors really add a feel of being in the sky. The very simple, classic look of the page fits well with the fact that they are selling business jets, commercial planes and materials for NASA.

The website has a top navigation, but if you don’t know exactly what you are looking for it seems hard to navigate. The one thing that helps with navigation is the quick links bar on the left. So obviously I don’t think many people other than business people looking for a private jet really use the site.