two websites

For my website assignment I looked at two software websites, Microsoft and Tucows.

http://www.microsoft.com/
First, let’s look at Microsoft.
C- This website uses a few cool colors such as green and blue, which are easy on the eyes. The title is white with a contrasting blue background. One complaint I have is that when the options on the left side of the page are highlighted, they turn a light grey. This light grey color could be easily confused with white.
R- The site repeats the same font over and over again. The same font found on the left-hand side of the website is also used in the text on the lower part of the page. The same colors are used throughout the site as well. This makes the site look very uniform.
A- Alignment looks pretty good as well. All of the left-hand options are aligned well and the lower part of the page is in distinct columns.
P- Proximity was well laid out here as well. All of the software groups were in close proximity to one another.

http://www.tucows.com/
Next, we will look at another similar site.
C- This site has lots of contrasting colors. Again, the title is in white with a blue background. The menus are highlighted in contrasting colors so there is no mistake whether or not they are highlighted.
R- Again, the text fonts were repeated over and over. Also, the boxes at the bottom of the page are repeated.
A- The Tucows site did a really good job of alignment. All menu options are aligned as well as the boxes at the bottom of the page.P- This site used proximity very well as well. All related options were grouped together. This site was very easy to use even though I initially thought that it wouldn’t be.