Some of the concepts that the authors are describing should be common sense but as they point out numerous examples of web sites that aren't easy to read or the font size is too small, I understand why they have to dedicate an entire chapter to their findings. I started to work on our critical evaluation paper last night and I came across several web pages that had too much information listed on their home page. "Cramming more content on a page by shrinking the text size backfires because it makes the page busy and difficult to read." (Nielson & Loranger pg 218). I find it also distracting. The user doesn't know where to focus their attention.
Another example that was given was http://www.mtv.com. I have noticed that their font is small but I guess I have grown accustomed to their site and no longer flinch when I look at the page layout.
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tionWhat types of websites did you write about in your paper that had a lot of information crammed in on the page?
This site kind of reminds me of the Nickelodeon site that was mentioned in the book - at first glance, it doesn't even appear that there's anything below the fold. If you scroll down, though, you'll find most of the content there (and links to more content). The font size is okay, but everything above the fold is just too busy. It looks like one giant advertisement (to me, anyway).
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