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‘STINKY SITES’

I thought this was a pretty good assignment. ‘Stinky Sites’….Well this is one that I came across in a different class that I am taking http://www.fray.com/ When I visited this web site’s home page it was hard to know what I was looking at. Then as I started to click from one page to the next, I see that this web site was stories about people’s lives that they publish on-line. Though it was a good idea, the web pages weren’t such a good idea. It could be improved by keeping the pages a bit more organized and similar to each other. It was hard on my eyes because of the dark backgrounds and tiny font. Also the style of font made it hard to read as well as look at. After going through the stories a few times I just closed the web site, got frustrated. I think the designer(s) could improve on the layout of the pages as you click through them. It was unorganized.

October 1, 2007 - Posted by mhughes25 | Uncategorized | | 1 Comment

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  1. This is a good catch because it represents a style of design that has gone out of style in favor of readability. It also dates back to when web storytelling was new and they were exploring ideas of juxtaposition and flow and navigation. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t… interestingly, *at the time* this site won quite a few awards.

    Comment by chrisl | October 1, 2007


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