- Explain the following terms in your own words:
– The Internet
– HTML
– Browser
– Search engine - Please research and add another 10 questions to the briefing process.(See the lesson.)
- From this list of 20 questions (your 10 added to my 10), please create the ultimate list of 10 questions that you would use for clients.
- Please upload this activity to your WordPress blog.
The Internet
The internet is a worldwide metric of millions of computers. Within this metric you’ll find all types of devices that share information like a computer. This includes devices like the personal computer, tablets, main frames and cellphones. (Anything that has internet available)
Today we’ve come so far with the technology that we now have the possibility to connect the different smart devices. You can connect your coffee machinge, fridge, computers and tablets together to the internet. This is to be able to share information across all the devices. One of the most important parts to understand about the internet is that it’s all about sharing information. This is the main focus on every website and every part of the internet when the consumer is using it.
Html & Browsers
Html is a universal language that is used to retrieve, present and send info through the internet. It can be described as buildingblocks that tell something about the way the text and images should be, as well as the structure to everything. To do this you need a browser as well. Browsers get updated all the time so there’s different versions of the same browsers. This is an important part to consider when designing a website, because you’ll have to code the website so it works for every browser possible.
The most popular browsers are firefox, chrome, safari and explorer. Without html or browsers the internet wouldn’t function like it does when we use it today.
Search Engine
The search engine is used so much these days for every question possible, so it can be nice to understand how it works. The search engine is bombarded with info and is a program that looks for key words in documents that exist on the internet and then gives you the best results it could find. The most popular search engines are of course Google and Bing.
Website Brief Questions
10 New questions
- What are your goals for this project?
- Describe your business in a few sentences
- Do you have a style guide?
- What makes your company stand out?
- What words should be associated with the website/business?
- What is your target audience?
- What sepcific features do you want on the website?
- Who are your main competitors?
- What does your business actually do?
- Do you have a website already?
Ultimate brief questions
- What kind of visitors are you expecting on your website?
- Who are your main competitors?
- What are your goals for this project?
- What is your deadline and budget?
- Describe your business in a few sentences
- What specific features do you want on the website?
- What do you NOT want on the website when it comes to text, content, colour and graphic design?
- Who is your target audience?
- Do you have a website already?
- What words should be associated with the website/business?
Surf the web and find 10 sites you would consider to be great websites. Simultaneously, make a list of 10 sites you consider bad web sites. Remember to describe why you would define them as such. Upload your lists on your blog.
Good Websites
- Zalando.no – Clean design, good structure
- Gmail.com – User-friendly, simple design
- Spotify.com – Easy, many options available
- Amazon.com – Good use of space, not to cramped
- Duolingo.com – Fun colours & elements, easy to use
- Everpress.com – Clean design, simple & aesthetic
- Netflix.com – Simple & easy to use
- Instagram.com – user-friendly, good design
- Youtube.com – Lot of options, easy to navigate
- theconversation.com/uk – Not to cluttered (good for being a news site)
Bad Websites
- Goodreads.com – overcrowded, a lot of info in one place
- art.yale.edu – really bad, too many elements, really messy
- headhunterhairstyling.com – basic, slow process
- mednat.org – small font, bad structure
- etzy.com – confusing to navigate
- wish.com – overwhelming, chaos
- Pinterest.com – Lot of links that doesn’t work
- weheartit.com – bad interactions on the site
- Lanekassen.no – a little confusing when navigating through
- itslearning.com – confusing to navigate, a little boring design
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