final exam question 31

www.worldofwarcraft.com / www.wowarmory.com

The theme is perfect as it complements the information with a sense of the what the game is about. The layout used is a regular centered web page with the background image that matches the the screen size on any computer. Navigation is very easy to find and use.

The whole website is very easy to use and navigate for visitors and players of the game. also gives very good information about the game and the different toons within the game. The reason it is visually good site is that it makes you feel you are stepping into the game before you are in the game.

www.square-enix.com

The main page colors where black but that was keeping you focal point towards the different information they had to offer. the main look of the home page was a blocked layout while all the game pages had a different layout depending on the game. Navigation is easy to find and use within the whole web site.

Most of the pictures and animated slides where links to the corresponding site. Over all the information itself grabs your attention and brings you deeper into the site giving you a closer look to what they have to offer.

www.gamewinners.com

Gamewinners is mainly a site for information on games so the colors are a little bland. navigation is easy to find and use. Layout is nice and neat with little ads to loose your focus on the information you are looking for.

The mass amount of information is what gives it a visually good appearance. this type of site is good but could use a little more color and a few pics on what each page is talking about. Most people coming here come for help on different game so not many people will loose focus on what they are looking for here.

My site

To improve my site to look and feel I would have to say add a simple background image, or even a simple background color or design. Have more examples of what the topic is about. Have some different tutorials in and liked to the site using a color scheme to match the page it is on.

Having the pages link to other resource websites, and to community sites like Facebook or Twitter. Having more written tutorials then just having videos tutorials. having a place for people to link some resources they have and for comments off of that information given also would help.

Distractions good and bad

One of my problems I have while working is distractions. I personally don't mind something that helps you remove a distraction from being a problem, like listening to music to remove outside distractions or even get your mind off of other things. At the same time that can also become a distraction to you or even if others can hear that might be a distraction to them. In my opinion distractions can be a great help and a great hurt in different situations.

saving work and time

One of the worst things to happen to anyone working on a computer is when your work gets deleted. Ether working on a shared computer or a personal one it is best to save a backup copy of your work. The two main reasons for loss of time and money is accidental deletion and computer problems like a crash. But having a backup is only good if you keep that backup information save and where it cant get lost or destroyed. One of the best ways to keep a backup copy is to get a external hard drive. getting the external hard drive also gives you a place to keep extra files not needed to take space on your main hard drive. that will give you more performance on the computer.

Changing seasons

Just wanted to say to all who drive and leave stuff in there cars. It is becoming spring and summer so remember that anything left in the car has to be able to handle very high heat. While living in Florida I have found out there is not much that can handle the heat. I personally have no school or work items that can be protected in the car from the heat or from the direct sun rays.

Here is some item that heat can ruin.
1. Any music CD can be warped and melted by the heat to where they wont play.
2. All types of closed containers like aerosol cans or even soda cans can become a explosive device by the heat expanding all the contents within the container.
3. Any pictures can become faded, yellowed or even melted from the heat and by the sun's rays.
4. All paper work that is written or printed can become faded or completely wiped from the page by the sun's rays.

If I have not said a type of item in your car does not mean it is save from the heat or sun. I would recommend to not leave anything in the car for that and other reasons.

being comfy at the computer

Have you ever notice that if you feel good while at the computer ether for work or for fun, you tend to stay focused longer then if you had something bothering you. I have found that when i am in a padded seat and has a good back support I tend to be able to focus and stay at the computer more then if I have to get up because of the chair making me feel sore.

This is just one of the small aspects I have found that helps me be able to do my work faster and be able to work on it longer as needed. How many of you out there sitting in a cubical or office find that you feel sore and distracted while you work? If you keep sitting in that same hurting chair it will turn out to that it changes into a long lasting problem like having a bad back or hip problems. So go out and spend a little to make your day a whole lot better.

graphic design programs

While working in school you have access to many of the programs a designer will use over and over again. The only problem with using the programs is that they cost so much, and that makes some only able to work on the work while at school, or a workplace that has the programs. Like myself has no access to any of the software that is necessary for most of the work at hand. While only being in school for 3 nights a week it becomes hard to do some of the projects and tutorials and have them turned in on time.

If the software companies would lower the price of some of these programs it would help a lot of upcoming designers. In just the web design class it would cost a few hundred dollars for just the basic software programs to be able to design the web site. If anyone has any ideas on how to get programs that work for cheap please comment them.

connection to the internet

I learned that while being connected to the Internet on my video game there is two aspects to watch for performance quality. the two are latency(ms) and frame rate (fps). Latency is the time it takes for the user interface(UI) to talk to the server the game is working off on. the frame rate is the amount of frames seen per second. to play the game at a high speed with no lag it is good to have low latency and high frame rate.

This is also true with the size of the web pages that load on the Internet. the bigger the web page in KB. the longer it takes to load. and will run slower. This also taught me about the resolution of my computer has a affect on a lot of what i do.