Dos Urales - My 2 URLs

1001 Fonts
http://www.1001fonts.com/font_details.html?font_id=2607
This page has nice contrast between the text and their respective backgrounds. All of the color choices work well in making this page easy to look at. There is a repetition of rectangular shapes all throughout this page. From the top of the page left for ads to the site name, links, navigation, content and comments. The alignment works for the majority of the page. There are proximity issues despite all the good things I can say about this page. The comments left at the bottom of the page didn’t receive as much thought and planning as the rest of the design. The post/comment and the text specifying the person that wrote it should have a better association. There is a stair step, indention going on, but there should be more space between the postings so that visually they separate from each other. Also, the navigational links at the top of the page should be aligned side by side or given a visual break to separate the words from each other. Because of how they are grouped, Home Contact appears to be one link although the two words lead to separate pages.


PC WORLD.ca
http://www.pcworld.ca/news/column/420b93020a010408016cf4f9d5ac4e46/pg1.htm
This site has a lot of information coming at the reader all at once. The purpose of the page is to discuss the top 10 new things you can do with Photoshop CS3, but the ads dominate the page. The moments where this page exhibits good contrast, your eye is being drawn to everything other than what brought you to the site in the beginning. This site is more focused on getting you to check out one of their sponsors than what the alleged purpose of the page is for. The repetition seen here is good contrast, all of which are ads and very little contrast in the photoshop discussion. I must say, there is a better display of contrast between the comments left on this page than the previous url I talked about. The article is aligned well and reads decently. There are some alignment issues in the ads like the HP color printer ad on the right side of the page with everything centered. This page also does a better job with the proximity of the posts displayed at the bottom of the page. It is very easy to see what text belongs to whose post unlike the previous page I critiqued.