I decided to do my review on Outback Steakhouse and Burgatory. When I think about a restaurant website the first thing I think of is their menu. Well on both websites I had to look in the right corner or scroll over things to find the actual menu. Krug says to keep the noise down to a dull roar. To me it looks like both websites are shouting to show what their main food product is. I get the point of the website is to show what their food looks like without actually being in the restaurant but as a customer I can clearly see that Burgartoy sells burgers and Outback Steakhouse sells steaks. I did see that Burgatory show cased their “heavenly shakes” as well as their “helluva burgers”. Personally I would like to see both websites “show off” their other food products as well as their main product. The emphasis is definitely on their main product. Like I said early both websites show cases the main product as the first page when someone searches the website and then the menus and other important things are in another tab. Once I found out where the menus where located it was super easy to find out other foods they make. Krug also says to make it obvious what’s clickable. Outback uses underlying and colors, while Burgatory uses shapes, tabs, and color. Outback’s layout consist of having the right panel being bigger than the left panel. This creates a sense of balance because the items that are in the left panel co-exsist for what you press in the right panel by having big white text. Once I was looking through the website and click on a food item in the right panel a picture of it and a description popped up in the left panel. Burgatory uses the layout by having the important information in a middle panel, the menu on the right side, and less important things on both sides. This design also works well because it lets the viewer know that the most important thing that you are looking at is right in the center of the page. Overall I like Outback Steakhouse’s website better because of how they incorporated their food items in a simple non-noisy way.
Website Review #2
I did my review on http://shoutouts.space/. This website collects user-submitted compliments and praises online. The user scrolls up and down to see all the content on the website. This website it really simple to navigate. The designer used big rectangles with different colors and white font color. When you land on a box the color of the words turns black. In each box there is the user’s name, what they wrote, and the date of the compliment. This shout out page reminds me of a horoscope page because it seems like it would be a page you check right when you get up. To improve this page the designer should organize the posts in chronological order. Also the designer can make it easier for a person to make an account in order to post compliments. The creator can also connect with Twitter and Instagram to expand the website. The most recent post was from February 10, 2016. If it is connected to Twitter, a lot of people would like to read compliments and praises to start off their day. Me personally would like to see the more recent posts at the top than rather all over the page. If you click on a box, it will just appear larger and a viewer can “Give a Shoutout” and/or share on Facebook. I like how the designer kept the font sanserif and white in order to keep it simple. Overall the website might be a little too simple. Maybe the viewers might like it simple but to attract more people the creator should add a better design and more posts. I’ll give credit because this website was created this year, so it does look decent for two months.
Website Review #1
www.champssports.com
Champs Sports is a store that sells athletic attire. The main colors that are on the website are black and white. These are good colors to use due to the different colors from the clothes and shoes that they sell. The website uses a slideshow to show what type of shoe brands they sell such as: Nike, Adidas, Under Armour, etc. As you scroll down they show shoes that are still available to purchase in a black background and white lettering that show what kind of shoe it is. At the bottom of the page Champs displays how the customer can stay connected to them, through social networks like: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. Champs also makes it easier for the customer to checkout faster and get exclusive deals. I know from experience because when I order shoes on line it makes it much easier to have your information saved. Their search request is very clear for a customer. It is common to see the company’s logo in the left hand corner and then again at the bottom. The font that is used for the website is a bold san-serif font. If the word is bold and big it is clear that it might be some help to a customer. Due to it being a shopping cite the “shopping cart” icon is in the top right hand corner in a light brown color. In conclusion Champs Sports does a good job to stay consistent and promote their products for customers.