Lesson 5

Navigational Styles:

The Void

This website uses the Exploratory Neighborhood model for navigational style. The user is presented with a splash introduction page and then proceeds to display a few entry tunnels ~ all of which can be bypassed ~ especially if you are in a hurry to get to the content. I was patient ~ and found the music to be quite interesting (which made me want to find out what this site was all about). Once I got past the splash screens, I noticed the site allowed the user to choose low or high sound quality. I made a choice, and was then taken through another splash presentation. By this time, the music was wearing thin on me and I was becoming a little impatient! :) I was confused with this site at times ~ I clicked the medicine (pills) and each one I tried brought me to a 404 error page. But the medicine packet (which I found to be a very interesting graphic) presented me with a little more insight to what this site was about. The online store was about the only thing I was able to maneuver around with ease. I will definitely say this site was "cool" (as the award they received implied) in appearance. But I didn't continue checking it out!

Discovery Cove

The Discovery Cove also uses an Exploratory Neighborhood model of navigational style. I was quite impressed with the Flash introduction pages ... everything flowed nicely and the music and images provided me with a tranquil feeling! Once I arrived at the homepage, I found the left navigation to be very user friendly. (The pop up survey was a little annoying though). They used text and image links on this page to take me further into the content of the site which made good use of white space. They provide options for language preference (so to further meet the needs of a wide range of visitors). I was impressed with this site ~ makes me want to "get away" from my daily routines!

Walt Disney World

The Walt Disney World site was clear and consistent ~ it was what I was expecting! It didn't use any splash pages or entry tunnels so I would classify it as using a Hierarchical Homepage model. On the core page, the top navigation was clear and consistent throughout. When I clicked on the Resorts link, the table of contents was accessible on the left to further take me to where I wanted to go. This site definitely aims to reach a wide viewer audience because of the International links available.

Joseph Wu's Origami Page

This site also uses the Hierarchical Homepage model navigational style ~ But it uses frames to keep the contents consistent and clearly visible in the same location throughout. There is a short animation splash page once you arrive at this site but no entry tunnels are present (you cannot bypass the splash page). But I think it was very effective because it was short and to the point! This site was very user friendly and quite interesting.  Great photos!

Metaphors:

BMW ~ seems to use a catalogue listing of cars for it's metaphor

Wurlitzer ~ uses a jukebox as it's metaphor

Klutz ~ seems to use a children's book for it's metaphor

Internet World ~ uses a global newspaper type metaphor

 

My Inventory List:

Multiple Births
How are twins formed?
Who has twins?
Zygosity
Factors influencing twins
Experiences in Utero
Stages of Pregnancy
Preparing for Multiple Birth
High Risk Pregnancy
Screen Tests
Delivery
Birth
Birthing Options
Caring for Newborn Twins
Breastfeeding
Bonding

 

My Flowchart: