Week 4B: Frequently Visited Websites

https://www.justfab.com/

Justfab is an online clothing subscription service.  Their website is very user friendly and the home page provides the perfect amount of content.  Members log on every month to see selections chosen for them of styles they might be most interested in.  They include individual garments and shoes, as well as suggested outfits. 

The concept of the page is very clear. The first thing you see is a banner with a picture of the latest trends with a link for the most resent additions to their page (right now its “the best of fall”).  They then use repetition throughout the page with color, print, and styles to reiterate the current trends.

There is very little written content on the page, which is perfect considering the pictures speak for themselves.  A majority of what is images of shoes and garments, suggested styles, and todays latest trends.  When you’re shopping, too many words can distract from what you’re really there for.

The alignment of the page is simple and clean which allows optimal viewing of the products.  The page has very little distraction with simple fonts and colors.  The contrast of black, white and grey, with a pop of dark red, keeps from distracting viewers form the images as well.

The thing that makes me go back to the page is that I like the subscription.  I like going on every month and having the things that I’m most likely to buy be the first things I see.  This way I don’t need to hunt through the site to find the content I haven’t already seen.  I really enjoy the ease of use and the placement of the content on the page.  There really isn’t anything I would change.

https://www.dailyom.com/

DailyOM is a website with courses in exercise, yoga, and meditation.  The first thing you notice when you go to the site is the image.  There is a new image every day and the hierarchy places it as the thing you see first on the page.  The image is always something to promote relaxation, which is exactly what you’re looking for if you are on this website.

The second thing you’ll notice is the  contrast.  A white background and black letters to highlight the name of the site, and “today’s inspiration”.  New inspirations are written every day, just a few paragraphs of something nice to think about to start off your day.  The words themselves are hidden and you need to click on a button to show the paragraphs.  This keeps the content on the page simple and keeps the words from distracting from everything else.

The rest of the page is aligned in a grid with links to many different courses you can take.  The page is simple and clean.  Each course has its title and a related image.  There are dozens of courses on the page.  That is one thing I think they could maybe do better.  There does tend to be a distracting number of courses on the page.  It might be better if they only had the newest courses and the most popular courses listed.