Practical 8 and 9 Reflections

0958 in the morning


On the first encounter of this website, my impression is that the purpose is not clearly stated. Whether it is an educational, business/marketing or entertainment. There is no clear standing. All the information just pours out of this website. Smithsonian Institution being the world’s largest museum complex and research organization had a very comprehensive website, regarding its museum. Besides that, the site has other links to art and design, history and culture, science and technology, which give the audience a full range of information. On general, the website takes a long time to load fully, as there are way too many images and text throughout this website. Despite the neat/grid-like presentation and arrangement, the website have too many images and text going on, which look very un-presentable, the layout uses dull and unappealing colours such as olive, dirty green. For such complicated website, it should have a site map or a tool in helping through the navigation. Overall, the website has ineffective navigation and is not user-friendly, hard to communicate to the viewers and leave a bad impression.

Through the process of developing the UIR Portfolio. I learnt that in the world of Internet has many information that we can get, but we have identify the purpose of each website to help us achieve the most relevant information for our reseach. The most important lesson I learnt is how to evaluate a website through the 8 criteria. Using this evaluation criteria, I'm able to get a conclusion on wheather is the sources revelant to me and the values of the information. Besides this, I am able to identify and compares different types of evaluation criteria on different occasions, and select relevant criteria for different resources. With the help of evaluation tools such as checklist/rating tools, kitemarks and metadata, I am more confident on selecting the most relevant website for my research in the near future.



1018 in the morning





Interior Architecture and Design
Year 2

"less is more"