Website analysis 3

The next few websites I looked at belong to my University tutors; Mark Edwards, Geoff Buono and Matthew Andrew. All three of them are similar in several ways;

Mark Edwards and Geoff Buono both have title pages for their websites, which have to be clicked on before you can enter the whole site. This could be seen as a good idea or a bad, depending on each individual looking at the site. I personally believe that although they look good and give their sites a more professional feel, these pages are not necessarily needed. Some users may find it annoying and not even bother to enter the site. Geoff has a photo on his title page though, which grabs your attention immediately and I quite like it. Whereas Mark simply has his name.

Matthew Andrew's website does not have one of these pages, and gets straight to the point. One of his projects shows up straight away, catching my attention and getting me interested in finding out more about it. 

All three websites are easy to navigate around, listing different areas of their sites on the left hand side of the screen. Mark's site is the only one that includes any colour in the background, while Matthew and Geoff have simple white backgrounds. While the plain white makes sure there are no distractions from the work, and does make them look professional, it could be seen as boring by some viewers. 

All three sites have a nice amount of images for viewers to look through, and they are presented pretty centrally on the page. My only problem is their size, they aren't particularly big. There is also no option to make them bigger, what you see is what you get so to speak. I would have liked to be able to see them bigger, even if it is only by a little bit. 

All three sites have the option to contact the photographers, and it is easy enough to find the buttons for this. Geoff's website is the only one that has a separate page for contacting him, and it has a photo of himself younger. This is a lovely little touch that adds a sense of personality to the site.

However, clicking on the contact button doesn't always work. I clicked on all three, several times and nothing happened. This could be a problem only I had though, so it may not count for much. Overall, I like how all three of these sites look and how easy they are to navigate. There are a good amount of photos on each site, not too many, but not too few either. The only improvement I believe would be beneficial is enlarging the images, maybe creating a slide show presentation like on Stephen Gill's site.