According to Eccher (2015, p. 169), before a designer begins to build a website, he/she must understand the infrastructure of a web page. As affirmed, a good website is aesthetically pleasing, is usable, and is functional. Web designers seek to have a mortised website. Having a good layout where content is easy to find and to follow achieves the usability aspect of web design. To achieve functionality and aesthetics, one needs good content layout. There exist two types of website design layouts: fixed layout and fluid layout.
There are advantages and disadvantages to using one type of layout over another. There also differences between the two types of layouts. Below is a discussion on the differences between the two and the advantages and disadvantages of both.
Differences
A fixed website layout has fixed width, and the components inside it have either percentage (fixed) widths where the container element is set to not
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Disadvantages
Numerous disadvantages exist for the designer to use either layout. Below are some of the disadvantages of using a fixed layout, followed by the advantages of using a liquid layout.
Fixed layout. Fixed layout create excessive white space for users with larger screen resolutions, thus upsetting overall balance of the page; smaller screen resolutions may require a horizontal scroll bar, depending the fixed layout’s width. Also, seamless textures, patterns and images are needed in order to accommodate screens with larger resolutions. All of this negatively impacts the website’s usability (Knight, 2009). Fixed layouts cause horizontal scrolling in smaller browser windows; it can also result in large amounts of whitespace in larger monitors, thereby necessitating the need to scroll vertically. Finally, fixed layouts do not respond well to customer making changes toward larger font sizes and can compromise the overall layout (Kyrnin,
This is the same with images and text, if I were to place text off a
Web sites are just like magazines, newspapers, brochures, menus, or even directions on how to make nitroglycerin from house-hold goods, in that they all have to be put together in such a manner that whoever is reading or browsing over it will be able to clearly distinguish this from that. In this sense, a critique of any particular web site will have justification, while carefully considering also that this is an altogether new medium of information exchange. Now, all of this talk of togetherness is actually a general reference to basic design principles, such as color coordination, if color is used, text size, font choice/ style, art integration, accessibility, and just plain and simple design of the page. For example, it wouldn't be all that appealing to the eyeball if a page being viewed had all the text jumbled up in a corner, so small your eyes were bleeding by the time you figured out that it wasn't even worth the trouble. Darn. It's important to rememeber, especially these days, that what you read is as important as how it looks. Have you ever tried reading an interview in a Raygun magazine? Kinda hard, right? Design totally for its own sake is nice, as art that is, and admittedly it looks cool. However, it's two in the morning and you're standing in line at the corner 7-11 trying to pay for your 40 ounce bottle of Kool-Aid, and you happen to see that your favorite MTV Pearl Crap-clone band is on the cover of this hip magazine and you go to read it, but you can't. It's not because to you failed elementary school three times in two years, but because the maestro in charge decided to get fancy with it and thought it'd be cool if he hid the text under a black box or likewise photograph. I like to loo...
Let us now examine a number of perspectives that should be considered when designing software solutions. In most cases, these perspectives will have direct consequences to the design of the user interface.
One such example is the colors displayed on the homepage which are used to draw attention to key pictures of children in need and words such as, “Please Donate!” The different colored tabs help the user to navigate easier on the website by clearly showing what each new page contains in bright easy to follow letters. The different sections are clear and lead exactly where you would expect them to. On the home page Facebook contact and donation information are displayed so they can easily be found. On many pages besides the front, children in desperate need of help are shown causing empathetic feelings in the reader.
14. What is the difference between a. and a.? This work structure and physical design helped shape each team into one integrated and supportive unit. 15. What is the difference between a.. For better negotiation and communication, meetings were held between the team members and the managers so that every employee can give their views and opinions.
The move to horizontal formatting for tables needs to be expanded to include all areas of USA Today. As more individuals move from the desktop computer to tablets that are lighter and easier to view, the stronger the demand for horizontal formatting. USA can gain a competitive advantage if they move into the next phase of publication.... ... middle of paper ... ...
The layout seems like both a good idea and a bad idea. It seems like a
The website was created through a partnership between Ash himself and a developer he met. Ash was responsible for the creation of the design and layout of the website, while the developer was responsible for the behind-the-scenes programming. The layout was to be simple, effective and easy to use. Which is exactly what the website is.
There is a lot of consideration and time spent in the planning process of web design as the client is entirely in control of the final outcome of what a website is to look like.
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The Advantages and Disadvantages of being in Real Estate A. What you would like most about your job 1. Being your own boss 2.
With all the listed disadvantages there are work arounds that can allow them to become advantages or possibly be minimized or avoided as well. With any programming language advantages and disadvantages will be
In responsive web design, fluid grid layout was used to enable the content of the site to be flexible. In other words, it allows the content to flow in any size (Nimesh, n.d.)
The design of the Web site is very bright and appealing to the eye. Its layout is inviting and easy to navigate. Its design is consistent through all pages. There are many graphics including, photographs, illustrations, and animated buttons and GIFs. These graphics are placed in an orderly fashion and do not create a cluttered appearance. The site has its own search engine which assists in navigating throughout the site.