Week2 Journal

During this week, the most interesting lecture to me is Design. This lecture tells me how to design the layout of a website. According to the lecture, I understand the goal of designing a website is to

 "allow growth and the creation of new pages while providing a clear, understandable structure that facilitates navigation and prevents your customer from getting confused and lost." 

I also learned that the structure of a well-design website should includes things such as header, breadcrumbs, navigation and footer.

I found a related article, Designing A Website For 2014, which described several current trends of designing a website. I believe there are three major trends that people should consider carefully during website design.

Ø  Continuous Scrolling: this design element allow reader to scroll down a page and automatically go to the next page without clicking.

Ø  Larger Fonts: The font size in 2014 is expected to become larger because of improved screen resolution and greater screen sizes of computers as well as other electronic devices.

Ø  Responsive Mobile Design: Since increasing number of people use mobile phones to access web page, good mobile design of a website can attract more internet users and become one of the key trends.

The lectures and articles enhanced my understanding about why those companies' official websites require frequent revision and adjustment. And I also learned how important and helpful for companies to have a well-design website.

I attach a interesting video here to illustrate the importance of having a responsive website design to suit all devices, especially cell phone.