Recipe for a successful website: Content, and by that I mean strong, good content + a bit of spice for a fresh feeling- unneeded filler content + realizing objectivity does not exist+ realizing less is more+ a voice=awesome website!
Order of Order: By creating "surprising juxtapositions" designers can spark an interest in their viewers, and at the same time create a nonstatic order to their website/other work. "Bend the common into something fresh just by arranging it differently"
Designing Interfaces: This article deals with navigation. First of all it is important to have clear entry points and a sequence to the website and you should always be able to "escape" or go back to the homepage or the page before. You should never have to click more than 8 times to get to where you are going. Also important is the idea that on a small portion of each page you should " show a consistent set of links or buttons that take the user to key sections of the site or application. "you are here" indicators can also be helpful for the viewer to more easily navigate. It also stresses the importance of using a hierarchy. Use color to your advantage, as a multitasker in both appearance and "which section of an application or site that page belongs to."
QUESTION:
After reading all of this information about website design, and how new and fresh it can be if it is done correctly. However, I began to wonder what happens when people begin to get bored of the internet? What will be next? Will there be somesort of new touch screen applications that we carry with us at all times beyond the iphone or ipod? What will come next in the world of technology and how will it have to be organized in order to keep from being outdated?
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This sort of relates to the question I asked on my blog. I think that I have seen touch screen computers where you can actually write on the screen and such. (I do not think I was dreaming)
If this is the next era, then as a designer I think it is important to start thinking about the possibilities not. It is going to be those who are that are going to be successful in the future!
http://www.microsoft.com/surface/index.html
you should check the videos on this site out if you haven't heard of it already- it looks so cool! and so expensive! If Microsoft surface takes off, there will surely be new opportunities for interaction design.
Well touch screens are the new thing right now. They just came out with a touch screen computer, and digital camera, and of course we all know about the iphone. My whole problem with touch screens is that you can never keep them clean. No matter what you do they get finger prints on them all the time, not to mention face grease if its a phone. My next technological thing I want them to make is grease resistance screens, Or just go back to buttons. Call me old fashion, but I just like knowing when I have pushed something.
so when i was reading this i was actually thinking about the same thing!! interestingly my mom is working on a new prototype touchscreen interaction booth for clients in a boutique where you design your own handbags and stuff. the new thing with this technology is that much like a 3-d touring camera you can look at your future bag from all angels... and inside... and zip it opened and closed... and look at how it would hang on your shoulder or what it would look like on the ground... i dont know i just thought that was super cool. but yeah, we designers are going to have to formulate a whole new toolbox of ideas and concepts to compete with a world full of technological innovation!
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