LA week 19 – Get the basics right – Part two

Surf the web and find 10 sites you would consider to be great websites. Simultaneously, make a list of 10 sites you consider bad web sites. Remember to describe why you would define them as such. Upload your lists on your blog.

10 good websites:

NRK TV

Spar.no

Rema1000.no

Mariashudogfotterapi.no

Digipost.no

Ikea.no

Fhi.no

Momondo.no

HMVgruppa.no

Vy.no

To me, these websites are “good” because they are easy to navigate; you find what you need within a short space of time. Several of them use negative space and allows the viewer to “breath” around the content. Their menus are easily recognizable and logical. Ikea for instance, offers inspiration and easy access to everything they sell within just a few clicks or a quick search. Having their search engine easily available is a must for any larger website, in my opinion. It obviously also means that they need to have a good search engine. Fhi – folkehelseinstituttet has in my opinion a very nice looking website, very suiting their official nature.

10 not so good websites:

VG.no

Pinterest.com

Detsøteliv.no

Facebook.com

Alpino.no

cdon.no

Norwegianholidays.com

Footway.no

Brilleland.no

Skolelyst.no

A website that is too busy with too much information at first glance, is harder to navigate and more tiresome to look at. Although some of these websites are favorites of mine, does not mean I find them good, in a design perspective. Alpino has a more simple website, appropriate, but with too strong colors and not really logically built. Footway I have used many times, and though the products are great, the website is not good at all. It takes far too long to load, and their search engine is not very good.