just look at the design (though that is useful); Look at the products they
are talking about and the philosophy of the design approach. Collect
together your favorites and discuss on your online journal
Think about a range of issues about the site:
What does it look like?
How easy is it to use?
How relevant is the content of the site?
How clearly the content is organised?
www.ideo.com
The first thing that stuck me about the IDEO site was the size of the site. It only filled one half of my screen, making navigation around the site more complicated that need be. Presuming it could be the Mozilla browser i was using, opened the site also in Internet Exploer and the sizing was even worse than before.
Mozilla Firefox:
Internet Explorer:
Besides from this, the website is very easy to use, containing useful information about the company. The website is full of visual examples, as well as written, with easy navigations through sideshows for pictures and drop-down menus.
www.apple.com
Currently apple have upgraded the Tiger Systems to the new Leopard System on Mac OS X, and this is the first thing that shows up on the website. The tabs at the top of the site direct the customer to all the Apple products and the layout is the same as the tabs on a Mac, so PC users can get a feel for using a mac. Navigation around the site is easy, and stress free with the perfect amount of information about the products, and not too much about the history of Apple. The products are easy to find, with scrolling panels with pictures of the products too.
Having recently purchased from the Mac site, I have to say that it is not the most simple ordering system. The Apple store constantly refreshes to become the US store (even though you have clicked UK many times) and when ordering an education discount you have to enter the name of the university and the city too many times to confirm on each product. Even then it decides to refresh back to the US site so all the prices are again in US Dollars rather than the British Pound. I found this quite frustrating but this was just the beginning. When trying to access the purchased items basket, the items in the account often disappeared, and when tracking the order once the items had eventually been purchased they didn't show up. I received an email saying the items would be delivered any time within the next two weeks, which was also frustrating as it meant I would have to stay in to sign for the packages. Overall I would find it much easier to order off a much simpler site rather than the Apple site itself.
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