Week 3 Part A
1. https://www.pennyjuice.com/
Pennyjuice.com is bright and has a lot going on. As I was looking through the page I was like, "What is this?". It's kind of a weird website. I think the biggest problem with this website is that there's just not enough information: Details about the juice beyond "100% concentrate", who the people behind the juice are, any sort of "about us" information, etc. If I were a customer I wouldn't be interested in purchasing juice from a website that just tells me that they sell juice and that X is their address and Y is their phone number. Who founded it? Why did they begin selling fruit juice? It's details like that which make a company come across as more legitimate.
A couple of other things are the fact that it crams too many things into only three drop down menus; too many topics on one page could easily be separated and then consolidated into different menus. Lastly there is too much scrolling that needs to be done for the amount of content when the information could be accessed in a more efficient way.
My three potential issues for the Escondido Center for the Arts website would be the following: The calendar is a string of vertical icons that clutter the page, information that should be easily available with one click via drop down menus requires a few of clicks with one being a menu bar that just takes you to the bottom of the screen where then you can click on what you want to learn about, and lastly the whole page is very centered.
The website for Penny Juice seems to not be professionally done while the Escondido Center for the Arts website seems professionally done. I think they could both benefit from a bit of clutter reduction and to be edited to have a sense of uniformity to the UI and aesthetic, making them easier and less chaotic to navigate.
Oh, to be gatesnfences.com. This website is bananas. What they're doing right is providing information about their company, the ability to purchase exactly what you need online with images, and informs you of different brands for the same item with images and descriptions. It's a very cohesive, thorough, information-overload website, but in a good way. This website does not come across as professionally done but definitely was created by people who have a passion for the service they provide. The design and aesthetic of this site gives off very no-frills, not-trying-to-impress-anyone vibe. It feels more like a hunt for what you need! No drop downs, just clicking around. But for this website, although it could be less cluttered, it works out alright. I feel like the people who would have visited this site earnestly would enjoy being bombarded with all of the different options.
Head Hunter Styling's website is clean and to the point. The links at the top take you to exactly what you want to see. Of all 4 websites I think this one is the most put together despite not seeming professionally done. The tone of the writing is friendly which is encouraging if you're a first time client - a lot of salon websites can come off as snobby. The websites aesthetic gives me the impression that the people in charge of the business are down to earth.
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