1IT110 Web Design Critique
The two websites I am going to assess and compare is Amazon.co.uk and Ebay.co.uk. Both of these websites are e-Commerce websites. This is where the business is primarily run electronically. These two websites are slightly different. EBay is a online auction place where anyone can advertise to buy and sell therefore offers a service as advertise placements whereas Amazon sells a variety or products from DVD’s to toys. I will assess these websites on the usability and accessibility on the user. Concentrating on key issues such as Navigation of the website, use of graphics and Text.
The usability and accessibility of a website is key to its success. A fully functional Intuitive website that is assessable and available for everyone is what this means. The usability is mainly the ease a user can use a website efficiently. Issues that affect this are content, giving precise information the user is looking for. Page layout, clean and simple to help the user find the information quickly. Using standard colours to save confusion and to be functional with all web browsers. HTML coding to keep the website smooth and useable and finally download speed of a website. Studies have shown if it takes longer than 10 second to download the website the user has lost interest in the page and left the web site.
Accessibility is how available the website is to people. Aspects that are involved with this is making websites that will work on all computers, available for people with disabilities such as sight or sound and the use of correct languages.
Under UK law all non-personal websites must be made accessible to everyone. Meeting the WC3 guidelines is what is required. Following this guidelines such as having equivalent alternatives to audio an ...