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Subject: Re: Balance

Author:
Maryann Molishus

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Date Posted: 13:25:50 02/09/02 Sat
In reply to: Damian 's message, "Balance" on 14:29:59 02/03/02 Sun

I read through the information about balance, and I noticed how closely connected art, technology, and marketing are. I guess it is really important to know your audience before you begin to design a web site. The ideas of symmetry seems to make sense to me. I do like things to look symmetrical--or so I think. As I looked at the sample student work, I was thinking that I preferred the symmetrical, but I think I spent more time looking at the asymmetrical pieces.

There are two news sites that I compared: www.foxnews.com and www.msnbc.com. I found that the Fox News site was much more symmetrical. It used a sort-of rectangular pattern throught the sight. The colors were similar with blues and grays that set a "serious" news tone. There were not lots of images jumping about so I was able to focus on the information. There was a photo that stood out on the page and directed your eyes to the main story. The MSNBC site was much busier with various shapes and colors. The flashes of images also made it harder to focus. I wondered if Fox is geared for an older audience and MSNBC for a younger audience. Then I wondered if liking Fox better made me old! YIKES

I agree that a site should have a balance in its pages. There should be something connecting all the pages so the the viewer is sure where he or she is. www.bugbios.com uses a hexagonal shape (beehive) througout its site and www.si.edu (Smithsonian) uses a similar banner on its pages with its sun logo placed on each page as well. The Smithsonian also creates balance on its homepage by using a building image with columns and then complementing it with columns of text on either side. It makes the site look very neat.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Balance	Damian	16:44:37 02/21/02 Thu