interfaces...

Interface…(mastercraft.com)

I think this site wants you to create and personalize your own boat. Also I think that it wants you to look and buy a boat; along with clothing and other accessories to match your new boat. I also think the interface wants you to learn about their company and give you reasons why you should by their boat and what makes them better than other companies.

Good Buttons:

The design your own boat
The new 2008 series
The dealer locator

Bad Buttons:

The topic bar- master craft boats, living, company… it’s a roll down and on slow computers it might not roll down fast enough
Mctv. Cause you don’t know if it is an actual button
The check it out button that just lights up… what are you checking out


After reading the second article, it reminded me that my facebook homepage where you login is actually in Spanish for some reason. I did not change anything. One day I just noticed it was in a different language and I was kind of confused. I never thought about how people of different ethic backgrounds really used a computer. It would be hard for a Spanish speaking person to write a letter or anything in Spanish using word because it does not recognize it. I think it would be a good idea for some schools to get the programs in order for students to use different languages. I remember when I was taking Spanish and French in high school when we had to write paper or dialogue, it had to be done by hand because it was harder to deal with the computer changing or not allowing the word to be typed.

After doing the exercise it really made me look at the site. I could not find anything I wanted to add or customize. Though it was a website and most professional websites are done very well, I thought I would be able to come up with at least one thing to add. I did find some things to change though:

Change about interface…

The topic bar- master craft boats, living, company… it’s a roll down and on slow computers it might not roll down fast enough
Mctv. Cause you don’t know if it is an actual button
The check it out button that just lights up… what are you checking out

The eat me drink me article was very informative. The more I learn about website and the proper names for things, the more I realize how hard and how much time must go into them. When the article talked about the control panel, I just thought it was a standard thing not something that had rules of when to use it and when to use say one page layout. It is nice though when website make it easy to compare products and I think more and more of them are doing it. Even when you google something, it compares it with a bunch of other places and prices.