I knew that a lot of time and planning went into creating and designing websites, but after reading this chapter, I became familiar with all of the elements that make a website design appealing and organized versus poorly designed and unorganized. While reading about informational flags, I thought to myself that I don't very often at all come across websites that utilize this feature, moving your mouse over links and images allowing information to pop up. I also never really thought about or realized that there are three different types of organizational structures in which websites are designed. In the article, I read about four different principles that underlie the design of an effective web site, and I agree with them completely. I agree that it is important that the layout remains consistent throughout so the audience knows when he/she has left the website. Basically, all the pages of the website should be predictable to the next. Simple definitely is better so the audience doesnt become overwhelmed. I know that I, personally, like websites where all the information is right there and easy to find. If you have to spend a lot of time navigating to find what you are looking for, the reader will become frustrated and decide to search a different site. Lastly, too many graphics, flashing lights, or videos can also become overwhelming and take away from the visually appealing aspect.
I spent some time on google searching for "websites that suck", "poorly designed websites", and "the worst website designs" and found the following websites that I found confusing to navigate and visually unappealing:
http://www.joneschijoff.com/
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