Monday, September 22, 2014

Week 3-Websites I Visit Frequently

www.temptalia.com

Why are they effective? I am a makeup hoarder and Christine of Temptalia.com has found a market of others who are interested in reading reviews of makeup before making a purchase. Temptalia.com has made a community of makeup lovers unite and has made it easy to find anything related to makeup within one website.

What specific principles of good design do they include and why? The website is attractive and setup in such way that you see up close the application of each product which is tested on the website on Christine herself.  The colors used on the website are vivid and beautiful; you can see that a lot of effort is put into the structure of the website
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What makes you come back again? The website is known for its great organization of makeup categories and its list of alternative makeup options known as “DUPES". 

What could be improved? I know that ads are necessary to make an independent blogger successful, but I begin to feel watched when I see ads for products I have been browsing on the internet pop up on the website.

www.sdccu.com
Why are they effective? San Diego County Credit Union is my bank and I am an online banker. I need their website to be straight forward and show me my accounts in a simple format, which I understand.

What specific principles of good design do they include and why?  The Website is has a very simple and sophisticated layout. All my accounts are divided into their categories and my account activity list is easy to follow.

What makes you come back again? I have to come back to check on my money! I enjoying banking at SDCCU and feel like it take their role as the “community bank” very well. 


What could be improved? The started doing cash back rewards for visiting certain vendors and the ads on these “added-on” perks are within your account activity, which makes it very annoying at times. I would move these ads to an area where my personal account information isn’t involved. 

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