Web site review 2

For my website review, I chose the site change-the-world.unltd.org.uk.  This site shows how “social entrepreneurship can unleash the potential of young people”. With their audience being young people i believe that the site did a great job in the color and texture selection.  The theme of the site is space with earth being in the middle of the first page making it seem the most important.  it changes half way through to be like you are coming down from outer space all the way into a house.  all of the colors used in my opinion are good in contrast to the different blue backgrounds that you go through on your way down.  The are meteors and other planets and even the sun that you come across on your way through the space part of the site.  Also, in the earth part of the site, you come across blimps, clouds, and even the house.  All of these things are made to be cartoon like which would intrigue younger kids, but it is also not too kidish that a teenager would be turner off from it.  As a single page site, it uses a top navigation that can take you through the different aspects of the site.  However, this top navigation is not visible when you first get to the site.  The user has to know to scroll down through the site to be able for the navigation to pop up.   There is however an arrow that is pretty prominent on the screen that tells you that you have to scroll down.  In my opinion, I would have the top navigation panel shown at all times so that the user is not confused by it not being there in the beginning.  Also, some of the pictures are shown in these little circles that don’t really fit with the rest of the design, in my opinion.  Some of the pictures are shown in planet or meteor looking shapes, but then the others are just in circles.  I think that they should change them all the one or the other, but having both doesn’t make much sense to me.  In my opinion, the site is pretty easy to navigate besides not having the top navigation shown ate the beginning.  The site has a lot of content, but it is all divided up in small sections that makes it not as intimidating to users to have to read a lot all at once.  Also, the site has so many visuals that relate to the content that they kind of help you through the reading.  They also help to break up the reading as well without adding too much of a distraction to the reader.  Lastly,  I believe that this site, with a few minor adjustments, is a very well thought out and interesting design.  I believe that it is able to keep the attention of a younger reader for a decent length of time due to the spacing out of the text and incorporation of the pictures in amongst them.  Also, I think that since the site is made for younger people and trying to get them involved, it is okay if it doesn’t reach out to adults as much as it does kids.  All in all, this site is a well designed sight with many good features and an interesting layout.