Evaluating the design of two web sites
Website 1 Website 2 Web address of site (URL): 1) What age group (young children, teenagers, adults) do you think this website is targeted at? Teenager-adults Young children What was it about the website that helped you identify the target audience? 2) How have the colours been chosen to appeal to the target audience? Explain your answer with an example. Less colors More colourful and many different cartoon characters so children would want to see more. 3) How has the layout been chosen to appeal to the target audience? Explain your answer with an example. Less colors so it looks less childish The layout is quite interesting and it scrolls sideways when choosing gamnes and characters so it attracts children. 4) How has the content been chosen to appeal to the target audience? Explain your answer with an example. Less colors More colours Children like colours More attractive 5) How has the language used been chosen to appeal to the target audience? Explain your answer with an example. English because a lot of people uses it and english is a important and useful language English because a lot of people uses it and english is a important and useful language 6) Are the links to other pages easy to find? Explain your answer with an example. yes. Not too much things stuffed together in one page. The links that are on the page are big and stands out. They are single so they are easy to read and see. 7) Which website do you think matches the intended audience best of all? Explain your answer with some examples. I think andertoons.com is more suitable because cartoonnetwork.com has too much colours and it looks really childish. On the otherhand, andertoons.com looks less childish so it suits the age group who are teenagers. Explain 5 Key points that a well designed website should have: Point 1 Links are easy to read Point 2 Words are easy to read Point 3 Website address easy to remember Point 4 Catchy Point 5 entertaining
