Assignment 2

Assignment Question:

Read this article: Writing for the Web by Jakob Nielsen
Select a website operated and managed by a company and write a critique/review report (based on the above article) about your opinions on the site.

Your report should contain the following:

Site information

1. Your name
2. Title of site
3. URL of site
4. Last revision or copyright date
5. Type of site (news, entertainment, direct sales, etc...)

Content

1. Purpose of site
2. Primary audience

Structure

1. Navigation
   
   • Load times
   • Length of time you take to navigate comfortably
   • Did a click take you somewhere you didn't expect to go?
2. Organizing principle
   
   • How is the site organized overall? (like a book, chronologically, product by product, etc...)
   • Include a diagram of the site's structure

Mechanics

1. Frustration factor
   
   • How fast did the page download?
   • If you had to wait, what seemed to slow it down? (one big graphic, many small graphics, etc...)
   • Was your computer able to handle all the fancy stuff?
   • Did all the fancy stuff get into the way of the content?
2. Was contact information available?

General

1. What did you like the best?
2. What did you like the least?
3. In print, how would it be better done?
4. Overall rating of the site
5. Other comments about the site

Assignment Specifics:

• Work in groups of 2-3
• Submit a typed report (outlined above)
• Weightage: 15%
• Duration: 2 weeks