The Best and Worst Web Pages

The Facebook login in page is east to navigate and operate. It is very simple and provides the user to either login or create an account. It is not fussy or confusing. Sometimes on sites the login/register options look similar and users could accidentally create another account when they were meaning to login. The user's home page is also pretty user friendly. Facebook is a website for all age groups, meaning it needs to cater to everyone. The user’s feed is down the middle of the screen, while separate apps and groups are on the left of the screen. The only issue with Facebook is the constant ads displayed on the right hand side of the screen. Recently, Facebook came under fire for the information that they were collecting from their users. The ads seen on the right hand side of the user’s screen are specifically tailored to them based on the information taken from their profiles.

Like Facebook, Twitter’s login page is simple and user friendly. The user’s homepage is also enjoyable and aesthetically pleasing. The bar at the top of the screen allows users to access moments, notifications, messages and a search bar. To the left of the screen user’s will find their profile picture along with profile stats such as their followers, who they follow and how many tweets they have tweeted. Below that are the trending topics which allows users to see what people are talking about. The user’s feed, like Facebook, is down the middle of the screen. Twitter does not have ads on the side of the screen. They do, however, sneek promoted tweets into user’s feed. This could be confusing to the user, who may retweet or like a sponsored post and not realize it. Said tweets do contain a small “promoted” symbol at the bottom of the tweet, but it placed below the “like” and “retweet” symbols, and users may click one of those options before they realize.

The Buffalo State website is not always very user friendly. The top bar allows users to hover over certain key words, “About”, “ Applying”, “Academics”, and so on. Each of these words, when hovered over, provides a drop down menu of the different links inside each of them. However, sometimes these links are confusing and will lead users to a page they weren’t looking for. The webpage looks a bit messy and unorganized. The choice of colors, which are the schools colors, don’t flow well in the order they are placed. The schools colors could still be incorporated, however, the stratified way in which the colors are laid out now seems very choppy and visually unappealing.

This site could, potentially, be confusing for new users. The login page is simple enough, but it is what’s beyond the login screen that matters. The homepage contains announcements from all the users courses, the courses they are taking/have taken, along with campus news, tools, and support. The top of the screen contains a small grey rectangle with the users name and when clicked, provides a re drop down menu with icons that take you to different pages. The site runs very slow and is down for maintenance often. The messages section, which provides users to communicate with their fellow classmates and professors, is potentially confusing as well. Users have to go through a list and click on who they wish to send the message to and make sure to click the arrow to send the name to the recipient list. If a user doesn’t know this, this could lead to confusion as they may think they have sent a message, but really didn’t, or they could accidentally send the message to everyone. The “courses” section is also unorganized. The page contains all the classes users have ever taken, with the newest classes at the bottom. An idea to fix this, and streamline the courses sections,


Linkedin is a site where professionals can find each other and network. It’s a pretty simple concept, as is their website design. The top bar holds the users search bar, home page, network, jobs, messages, etc. When clicked on, each of these icons brings up their specific pages. Overall, the layout of the website is pretty much the same as the rest of them. The color scheme of blue and grey is pleasing and shouldn’t overwhelm users. The network page is filled with the users the user is connected with and it also offers other suggestions on user they may know. Connecting with someone is simple, just hit the connect button, and the invitation is sent.

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