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Professional Review of the Sigchi Website
ITM 433 This professional web site review assignments part session long project. For Module 3, assignment familiar professional organization website called
This is a website review for a premier international society called SIGCHI. The main purpose of the website is to bring together people from different locations who are interested in human-computer interaction. Human-computer interaction is mainly concerned in ensuring that computers and computer systems are accessible by people with disabilities. The website provides an avenue for members and non-members to get to know more about the society through the articles posted on its blog, community page and publications. It also provides an easy connection gateway via its email lists to other people who are involved in human-computer interaction around the world.
The website uses a consistent theme thus ensuring consistency in all the pages. With consistency the visitor will not be shocked and think they have been taken to another website after clicking a link. The content structure is well laid out especially on the home page though they could try rearranging some of the content to ensure the visitor does not have to scroll too much. The tool bar uses roll over color changes, and this lets the visitor aware that the text is a link before they...
Using an error page for the broken and non-working links and having a form for reporting the error will ensure a visitor is not frustrated when they encounter such an error as they are browsing the website.
Look and feel of the website
The website uses a cool background color that is appealing and easy on the eyes. The text used on the website is easy to read and font size is not too small. The website is easy to navigate as one can use the links on the top which are clearly labeled, or they can access specific articles from the left side menu that are related to the menu item they clicked. All the important notices are published on the website thus ensuring that visitors are updated on any new development. Any upcoming event is posted on the right side of the main content. This gives a visitor who is willing to attend the event an easy access information pertaining to the event.
The website is targeted for anyone who is interested in finding out more information pertaining to human-computer interaction. Though, a majority of its members are people involved in user interface design and development of computer…
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