Journal 8

Ugly Website: http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites

I chose Craigslist as the ugly website because it is just so plain and boring. There are NO pictures, videos, or animations. There is only text. All the text on the page are links and everything is the same font, size, and color. The website is just a plain white background except for the top right corner has "Craigslist" in purple, but as the same font as the rest of the page. Even when you click the links on the page, the links take you to another boring website, and so on. Everything looks the same. There is really not much to say about this website because there isn't much to it at all. Very boring.



Attractive Website: http://louisvuitton.com/web/index.jsp

I chose Louis Vuitton as the attractive website. The first thing you see when you type in the link is a full page of their current ad in color. Then an animation pops up asking what country/language you would like to view the website in. After clicking "United States," you come to the main page that has a '4-page' animation that slowly goes from advertisement to advertisement with links that lead you to another part of the website. Even though the background is white, the animation with pictures makes it interesting. Not to mention, there is music for the website that automatically plays, there is an option to mute it though. The different links you click on lead you to videos of past runway shows for Louis Vuitton, online shopping and merchandise browsing, complete with pictures, prices, and descriptions, and specials like being able to view all of their advertisements and celebrity advertisements, like Madonna. We are also able to do a search on the website to find anything we want and a specific search to find the different store locations all over the world. There is information where we can contact Louis Vuitton headquarters, we can create an account for shopping, and even subscribe to the newsletter for Louis Vuitton. There are many different fonts used all over the website. Of course, "Louis Vuitton" is written in it's iconic simple black font. There is also a site map and an FAQ section about Louis Vuitton and it's website. ALL of the many, many pictures are colorful and exciting to browse through and look at as well.