Why it is the WORST website?

The website which I think is the WORST is New Navy US.
The link is : http://www.newnavy.us./

This is the layout of the home page :

This website does not apply any design principles.

The first expression this web page give me is very messy, I dont know what to look at. Though there is an image and at the top of the web page, it is nothing to do with the website, so I do not know why it is there.

The website does not apply the design principles of contrast. It is often the mostg important visual attraction on a web page. In this web page, the text color, size are almost the same, nothing is highlighted in the content, so I do not the what is important in this web page. Even some are in different colors are not related to the content of the site. Also the color of these words are messy, not in a sequence.

There are buttones at the right side of the web page, as we can see some buttons are in a rectangle, but the rest are not. Some even have an image between the words. The design principle of repetition is not shown in this page. Repetition is also known as Consistency, by repeating the visual elements of the design throughout the site to maintain the consistency of the page. I feel some buttons at the right side of the page do not belong to this website as they showed no continuity in the site. The links of these buttons are not related to the website, books, games, sea stones and so on, they are nothing to do with the content of this website.

The text in the site stretches from one side of the page to another, this will make the reader feel bored to go on reading the text.

To sum up, this website is the worst I have ever seen. It does not apply even the basic design principles. The content of the website is quite boring, and the links are not related to the website. I do not know how to describe this dull website as it is really have nothing good to command on.

Why it is a GREAT website

I think the Audition Dance Battle website is great!
The link is: http://www.auditionsea.com/

Home Page

The website is great in all areas. It is full of information, nicely designed, attractive to it's target audience. When I open this website, I am attracted by its colorful layout. Meanwhile I can get plenty of information in the website. The information is divided into different areas, you can look for them by clicking the button on top of the web page.
Scroll down the page, you can see there are some up coming events and news, notices, highlights of the game.

At the bottom of the home page, game features, audition videos and purchasing of goodies are available for those who like to have a preview of the game.

The home page is an effective layout for those people who wants to know this game, they can easily get a lot of useful information to find out more about the game which result in interesting with the game. And also for the game players, they can check the news, events and notices conveniently. Purchased what they like from the 'goodies'. A great website have to have a wonderful home page, then people will interested in it and want to explore more from the other web pages of the website.


Internal Links

There are lots of internal links in the website. They are all well navigated. I can quickly get more details of the game.

----Game Modes
There are up to 20 game modes in this dancing battle game. All the game modes are showed in images and a short brief for each mode is given beside the images.

When I look at this web page, I am totally attracted by these images. Meanwhile, from the short brief that I can easily get to know how this game mode is played. Though there are lots of images in the web page, it is arranged in order and for those new game modes comes first in the web page. This clearly shows the arrangement of the web page and helps the reader to know which one is more important in this web page.

----Notices
We can get more game notices from this web page. Every notice has a short and brief title for it. And a bullet is in front of each notice which clearly shows the individual notice. The 'Date' column tells you which one is the lasted notice. The bar beside the main content is also useful to us, we can easily get into News, Events and so on other web pages of information.

When I click on the notice which you want to read, the details of the notice will come out. As I read the notice, a clear message is shown to me. There are almost the short sentences in the notice. Every sentence include one idea, it is convenient for me to read and can get the main point quickly.

Another good point is that the details of one notice is in a individual web page, and there is no colorful images besides the notice. This can let the readers focus on reading the message in the notice. The font and the size of the words are suitable for the readers.


Original Source

This is the part html codes used in the website. I can see from the source that it uses the Cascading Style Sheets for the web page. The html codes are very simple and clear to see. This is good for redesigning the web page and maintaining of the site become much easier.


Conclusion
A great website applies a lot of design principles. From auditionsea dance battle website, I can easily identify the main page and the sub-page. It also apply the 4 basic design principles--contrast, repetition,alignment and proximity. With applying the principles, the web page looks more clean, neat and professional. The website also meet its target audience as all the information in the website is useful for those who interested in this game.