Sunday, June 28, 2009

Design features of Quiksilver & Roxy web pages

In my opinion, Quiksilver & Roxy Malaysia (www.quiksilver.com.my) is a good web site. This is because it has a lot of design features which are very good. There are several types of design features such as text, navigation, links, graphics and general design.


Firstly, I would like to discuss about the general design of this web site. The pages download very quickly. It appears right after users click on the url 'www.quiksilver.com.my' without wasting their time. It can also bring the users to any pages of this web site in very short time.


Besides that, as we can see clearly from the picture below, the first page and home page of this web site fit into 800 x 600 pixel space.




Furthermore, every web page in the site looks like it belongs to the same site as there are Quiksilver and Roxy logo on top of each web page.




Secondly, it can be considered as a good web site from the feature of text. The background does not interrupt the text. Other than that, the hierarchy of information in this web site is perfectly clear. Besides, columns of text are narrower than in a book to make reading easier on the screen.




In addition, the text is big enough for the users to read and it is not too big. Furthermore, the background color of the web pages match perfectly with the text color. Thus, it makes the text to be easily seen.




Thirdly, navigation of this web site is one of the good design features too. The navigation buttons and bars are simple and very easy to understand. Those buttons are also friendly-user as they are very easy to use. Moreover, the navigation buttons and bars provide visitors with a clue as to where they are or what page of the site they are currently on. Hence, visitors will not be confused with those buttons. Besides, the navigation is consistent throughout the web site. This can be proved by the unchanged and constant navigation bars on every pages in the site.




Next, the link colors coordinate with page colors as shown in the picture below (red boxes). Although the link is not underlined, it can be seen clearly.



Lastly, there are interesting and attractive graphics in this web site which are able to attract many visitors.





Since nothing in this world is perfect, every web sites has its own weaknesses. Quiksilver & Roxy Malaysia (www.quiksilver.com.my) is not excluded. There is poor design feature in this web site.



As we can see from the picture above, the text links are not underlined. Users may not know they are the links.



In conclusion, Quiksilver & Roxy Malaysia is a good web site according to those features of good web pages.
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