Evaluation of three websites - Essay Example

Teresa Balderas English 1301-8437 October 10, Comparison of Websites I like comparing electronics, which resemble one another in theuse of web, apps, music and such other features. Therefore, I decided to evaluate these websites: www.kindle.amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble.com/nook, and www.apple.com/pad/. The elements I shall evaluate them against are design, content, navigation and support. Amazon’s design made the website user-friendly. The prices of the three models of kindle were easily detectable since they had been colored blue opposite the model name.

Color combinations used by Barnes & Noble were not as appropriate as those of the Amazon’s or the Apple’s website. The color of the price was the same as the color of other text, so the prices were not quite obviously identifiable. Bright colors, sequenced information, large font and appropriate proportioning of the figures and text with respect to the space available made the design of Apple’s website was the most convenient of the three websites. Amazon displayed three models of the Kindle while Barnes Noble mentioned two models of the Nook.

I was not able to locate the link to reviews for my products on Amazon and Apple but they were pretty visible in the case of Barnes & Noble. I found Apple the most informative followed by Amazon and then Barnes & Noble. Among the three, I found the Apple website most informative, followed by Amazon and lastly the Barnes & Noble. Amazon’s navigation is the easiest. All information about the product is on the same page. I don’t have to click frequently to learn more and more about the same product.

When I click for information about a product, they mention everything including the product’s technical details, pictures, comparison of features with other models of the same product in a tabulated form and details of each of the features on the same page. I didn’t have to click more to learn more about the same thing. Barnes & Noble’s navigation is difficult as compared to that of Amazon but is better than that of Apple. Barnes & Noble displays different subjects of information on different pages.

This, in a way, makes the content more organized, though I have to click multiple times which makes it slightly inconvenient. Nevertheless, since all links are arranged on one side of the page, it is not difficult to trace my way back. Apple is the most complicated to use probably because it has so much more to offer than the other two. While navigating Apple’s site, I get so lost in one product, its features and their details that I am hardly able to trace my way back to the home page. This is surprising to me given the Apple’s immense stature in the world of technology.

Although like Amazon, Apple also says all about one product on one page, yet the information is not quite as organized as it is in Amazon. The support section was easily accessible in each of the three websites. However, Apple’s support was the best since topics were supported with images. Apple’s and Barnes & Noble’s supports were alike. I would rate Amazon’s site as number one, Apple’s as number two, and Barnes & Noble as number three according to the level of comfort I felt using the sites.