Blog Review 1: Design

The Huffington Post's Technology blog that I chose to write about in my last is very strong in content but perhaps not as strong in design. Listen below are the following criteria I used when considering the blogs design.

BALANCE:

• The blog is well balanced. It is structured in a way that lets users first glance at the headlines, read a quick preview of the post provided, then decide if they want to read the whole article. It is well balanced because the bolding of the headlines are consistent and easily distinguishable from the actual text of the blog.

COLOR:

• With a white background, black bold headings and the occasional splash of color (for links, Facebook "likes" and other various social media linking tools) this blog does not experiment too much with color. However, there are small thumbnail pictures of the bloggers, but even those are black and white. It is a little boring, but it works since it is consistent and the linking of the pages to other sites help a bit. Also, the blogs content may be lacking a tad but on both sides there are colorful boxes enticing the user to click on them if they want to explore the remainder of the site.

FUNCTIONALITY:

• The blog is very functional, once you there. However, when I was first starting out, I found it a bit difficult to distinguish the blogs from the actual news. I like how users can preview all posts before committing to reading the entire thing.

Overall, this is a pretty well designed blog, but it is really a personal preference. If you need color headings and the blog to look like a coloring book, then thats your preference. I however, am satisfied with the simple background and the bold headlines.