Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Unit 5 Reading Response

          Chapter eight of Don't Make Me Think is called the farmer and the cowman should be friends.  This chapter covers the importance of teamwork while building a website. Even know everyone on your team might not have the same view on things it's good to have different perspectives on the same product. This will help ensure your website will appeal to a broader audience by looking at various angles of user preferences. Interface preferences varies from person to person. Deciding on design elements for a webpage early will help your team and you save time and effort.

           Chapter nine is called usability testing on ten cents a day. This chapter focuses on usability testing and how different it is from a focus group. Focus groups usually take place early in the work process. These groups contain five to eight people and help with a few different things. When it comes to the design process the first being quick feedback from the user about the interface and it's options. Focus groups also help programmers get an idea about how people feel about the usability on the webpage. A usability test consists of one person. This person will be given simple tasks related to the website. Some test subjects are also left to figure out what the website is on their own. These kind of tests usually take place a month or two before the website launches. After the test is done programmers fix any problems and then test again.

The Grommet is a promotional website similar to Walmart and Targets website. I chose this website because of the clean layout and large image size. 

I chose McDonald's website because it's a no nonsense site. The site doesn't show much information but realize heavily on their product images.

The PlayStation 4 website is very useful for a couple different reasons. It's a one stop shop for all your PlayStation needs. From technical support to viewing games thaw haven't even been released. 

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