Lab One, Question Four.

4.

1 http://www.arcadefire.com/
2 http://www.boards.ie/
3 http://www.youtube.com/
4 http://www.imdb.com/
5 http://www.wikipedia.com/

http://www.arcadefire.com/ incorporates the band's themed artwork into the site's navigation links. The layout is creative without being frustrating, and encourages exploraration. There is a considerable amount of interactive content, and the band themselves keep the blog section updated.

• Amazon is good, because it's easy to find a particular product, and related products will be recommended automatically. However, the front page is obnoxious and cheap looking.

• Smashing Magazine is good because it's extremely informative and has all it's related articles well tagged, although the homepage initially looks quite cluttered.

• http://www.teacherxpress.com/ is bad because it's densely presented and daunting to look at. Nothing usefully catches the eye and the colour scheme is extremely unattractive.

• Apple is good. It's nicely presented and minimalist without sacrificing too much functionality. Although it has clearly been designed with commercial design in mind, it's still easy enough to find what you're looking for.