Assignment #1

  • The goals of Apple’s website are to sell their products, inform the user, and

provide technical support. Apple addresses the needs of a user who has just

purchased their first MacBook by displaying available accessories and

showing user support if they are having trouble.

  •  Some functional specifications of a Facebook wall include the user’s post in

order to connect people, chat to talk to people, and a search bar. For the

signup page, it displays a security system to login and a signup form.

  • Hierarchical shows what’s the most important first and an example would be

Apple’s website.

A matrix structure allows the user to navigate through everything in the site

because it’s all connected and an example would be Amazon.

Organic structures have paths that don’t completely connect and an example

is Wikipedia.

Sequential structures move only forward or backward in the order that the

content is presented like a video or book.

  •  The Huffington Post has a lot of navigation to different articles so I would so

50% navigation and 50% content, Google 100% navigation, Wiki 50% nav.

and 50% content, and Esty 60% nav. 40% content.

  •  Landor guides the readers’ eyes by using a visually appealing color palette,

showcasing very clear and striking images, and having big easy to read

headings with some content.