ESPN.GO.COM
Today in discussions in class we touched on the structure of web pages for good or bad. I brought up ESPN.go.com as a good design and decided to talk about that for the week 2 ilab focused on site structure. ESPN.go.com's site is structure is hierarchal. Information hierarchies are the best way to organize most complex
bodies of information. Because web sites are usually organized around a
single home page, which then links to subtopic menu pages, hierarchical
architectures are particularly suited to web site organization.
Hierarchical diagrams are very familiar in corporate and institutional
life, so most users find this structure easy to understand. A
hierarchical organization also imposes a useful discipline on your own
analytical approach to your content, because hierarchies are practical
only with well-organized material.
Espn uses a multitiered hierarchical or tree
architecture. This arrangement of major categories and subcategories has
a powerful advantage for complex site organization in that most people
are familiar with hierarchical organizations, and can readily form
mental models of the site structure
Hierarchal is a great way to organize a website. Most of the time I don't think it is visually appealing to me. I like a little bit more artistic presence in websites so they stand out. This is only my opinion.
ReplyDeleteMulch-tiered hierarchical and tree architecture are both great styles of organizing content. It becomes an easy navigational tool for both the developer and the users. It also allows the webpage to be much more compact, it lets you put a lot more information in a smaller space.
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