I chose to review the sites no9park.com and Burgatory.com. Both sites seem to be displayed similarly and effectively. I will begin by analyzing No9park.com. No9park.com seems to be an efficient and stylish website on all fronts. The home page displays a background picture of the exterior of the restaurant and allows the user to scroll down to background information of the restaurants history, location and employees. The sites flows smoothly and is balanced appropriately with a header and a footer. The header is a bar that allows the user to navigate with the options “Reservations” “Menu” “The Bar room” “Private Dining” “Wine Program” “Cocktail classes” and “Upcoming events” All of these link appropriately to pages that included information of the respective tabs. The overall use of the screen is good as it takes full use of the majority of the screen in landscape. The proper emphasis is given to the right texts and pictures allowing the user to navigate efficiently through the site. The layout is pleasing and useful although it could be said that the site has “wasted space” this creates an aesthetic that is pleasing to the eye.
The next site is Burgatory.com, This site is very similar in many aspects to no9park.com in that it also uses a wide layout that takes up the screen. The homepage is a slideshow of images included food, customers eating, and employees. Much like No9park there is a navigation header that includes various tabs. One difference is the menu tab allows the user to sort by type of food with a dropdown bar allowing the user to examine certain parts of the menu. This is a bit harmful to the flow of the site as you have to navigate to see the entire menu unlike no9park which has the entire menu on one scrolling page.
Ultimately both sites are visually pleasing and easily navigable. There are some minor difference in both function and design but both sites over the same functions with some difference in visual style.