I am anxious to start right in learning HTML code but
logically it helps to get some background first and the first three chapters of
Learning Web Design did a decent job with this task.
In chapter 1, I was a little surprised on how structured the
design and development process is for web applications. Previously, in my small business, I had one
of my employees who was was somewhat knowledgeable agree to create a website for
me. I believe he used GoDaddy to develop
the site. He didn’t need to know HTML;
GoDaddy’s design tools did not require any technical knowledge. Granted, the site he developed was very basic
and probably lacked much of the advanced functionality that a corporate site
would have but, for the money, I was very satisfied. It met my needs. With this class we should eventually be able
to produce much better websites since we will be able to use HTML and CSS directly
to create exactly what we desire even though we won’t learn much about JavaScript
until GED513.
Dissecting Web Designing into many categories such as
Interaction Design, User Interface Design, Interaction Design sounded kind of
weird to me since there is so much crossover.
I believe for small and medium size projects, one designer is wearing many
hats. If there is a team for large
applications that is dividing the different categories than they must work
close together with many meetings so that they don’t replicate each other’s
work; even hear I imagine designers still wearing more than one hat.
In chapter 2, I did learn the difference between Internet
vs. the Web. I, like many, interchanged
the words, but there are other ways to share information over the internet the
with Web pages. I found it interesting
how browsers are different and will handle applications differently. Therefore we
must test our code on multiple browsers.
Hopefully, in the future, browsers will all handle HTML, CSS, JavaScript
from our applications the same way.
After reading the introduction to JavaScript, I’m still not
quite sure how it works. Interactivity
is a generic term and HTML does give you some interactivity, I’m looking
forward to learning more.
In chapter 3, I was most interested in Progressive
Enhancement and Responsive Web Design. I
find that many sites don’t do well on my cell phone. It takes me a while to get the information I
need as I work at sizing the document correctly. I’m looking forward to learning to develop
applications that can handle a variety of browsers and devices.
Question 1:
What is the difference between the Internet and the Web?
Answer:
The Internet includes all the hardware and software that is
used to connect millions of computers on a extremely large network so that they
can share information using specified protocols.
The Web is one of the ways in which information is shared on
the internet using the HTTP protocol. Another way to share information is
emails that use the protocol SMTP.
Question 2:
What is the difference between User Experience (UX),
Interaction (IxD), and Interface Design (UI) for the Web Designer?
Answer:
In designing the user experience, the designer takes a step
back and looks at how comfortable the user is with the look and feel of the
website…were the satisfied with there time interacting with the site as a
whole.
With Interaction Design, the designer is more narrowly
focused on how the user interacts with each web page. Can the users easily find everything the
desire quickly and seamlessly.
With Interface Design, the designer is analyzing how the webpage responds to the user’s behavior.
With Interface Design, the designer is analyzing how the webpage responds to the user’s behavior.
As you can see, there is much crossover.
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