ARTM2210 Intro to Web Design

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Overstock.com by Latiyfa Whitehead

For the purpose of this review I decided to search for the Star Wars Trilogy at Overstock.com. I chose this particular website because I was unfamiliar with it and I believed it would give me a fresher, less biased perspective.

The website itself was very clean with crisp designs and boxes at the top that helped you navigate the website.  One quibble I had was that the navigation boxes were a beige color which were not as noticeable as other sections which were red or blue. For example, the search bar had a bright red button that grabbed your attention, which the designers could have used for the other navigation buttons.

Speaking of the search button, I found it convenient and easy, which made up for the navigation buttons. It didn’t force you to specify where you wanted to go like some websites do. You could type in what you wanted and it would find the items that were the closest to your search. Instead it gave you options to specify your search after you searched for your item. I assume that this is just in case you can’t find it right away. I searched for the Star Wars Trilogy and found it in seconds.

Purchasing a product was made easy by the shopping cart symbol at the top right hand corner of the page, and by the fact that you don’t need an account to purchase something. Some websites force you to create an account, which means that if you want to buy something once you have go through the tedium of signing your name, entering your personal information and making a password.  So all in all, it was an impressive website.