Article Review #2

Title: New iPad tops 3 millions
Author: Trudy Muller, Apple
Publication: Apple.com
Date: March 19, 2012

 Apple announced this Monday the 19th that, in three days since their iPad 3 launched on the 16th, they already sold 3 million units, the best iPad launch yet. The sales are expected to rise since this Friday, they are launching the product in 24 more European countries.

The new iPad features a stunning new Retina™ display, Apple’s new A5X chip with quad-core graphics, a 5 megapixel iSight® camera with advanced optics for capturing amazing photos and 1080p HD video, and still delivers the same all-day 10 hour battery life* while remaining amazingly thin and light. iPad Wi-Fi + 4G supports ultrafast 4G LTE networks in the US and Canada, and fast networks around the world including those based on HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA.**

 This is a great example of Apple's great marketing techniques since the iPad 3 is good but not great. In my opinion a 5 megapixel camera in this day and age is weak. My iPhone has a better camera. Meanwhile, I find it hard to take pictures with my iPad. I wish Sprint will join the provider's list since AT&T even with 4G LTE is very weak in signal. After all, the new iPad 3 sounds appealing to me and to the world.

Article Comparisons #1

Article title: Graphic Designers are Ruining the Web
Author: John Naughton
Article publication date: The Observer, Feb 18th 2012
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/feb/19/john-naughton-webpage-obesity

Article title: No, John, it's web designers who are ruining the web
Author: Jack Schofield
Article publication date: Feb 20th 2012
URL: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/jacks-blog-10017212/no-john-its-web-designers-who-are-ruining-the-web-10025448/

Article title: Decorators with Keyboards
Author: Jack Schofield
Article publication date: The Guardian, July 17th 2003
URL: echnology.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,999218,00.html



     I found these very interesting articles published in two British newspapers, about the importance of relevance in web designing. The first two article discuss the idea that many websites lately have forgot their meaning or purpose, by being overly designed, slow loading and lacking in information. This is of importance for me as a web design student because it offers great insight on the practice
     Both writers agree that websites today are too complicated due to the overly designed web pages. Both agree that the true meaning of websites is to inform, and that could only be achieved by creating clean and easy to load web pages.
    However, Jack Schofield disagrees with Naughton on the exemple of proper website. The website that Naughton favors Peter Norvig's, lacks visual beauty even though it displays very useful information. Schofield, moreover, presents his own exemple of well build and airy website Information Architects.
   The discusion in based on the principle that web design was somehow confused with print, and that some websites are poorly build. Schofield's closing argument is very strong:

"website managers/developers/designers/whatever must surely know that bloated designs are costing them readers, because almost everybody quits before slow websites have finished downloading. The desirable response time is 1 second. Any site that takes more than 15 seconds will start losing people at a rapid rate. Even if they stay for one page, it will put them off loading any more."

Article Review #1

Article title: Great Dozen of Advices to the Beginning HTML Coders
Author: Michael Davydenko
Article publication date: Feb 9th 2012
URL: http://www.splashnology.com/article/great-dozen-of-advices-to-the-beginning-html-coders/4598/

I came across on Twitter over this link to a series of HTML5 codes that will improve and renew old web design habits. The article is written by a freelancer. With HTML5 the coding world is changing and so should our outdated practices. I found it extremely helpful and useful, and I am planning to apply it to my website.
There were a few great points touched, as the img src coding, or the footer and header, but also the email submit form. I think it is relevant to our class because as a web architect, one should always use the next generation in coding, and should be in touch with the trends. It is such a great feeling to be able to use a simpler code with the arrival of HTML5.

Key quote: "Now you don’t need to rush in search of correct doctype (and, as a result, the mode of compatibility). HTML5 allows no more worrying about it, and it’s not your headache anymore. If new doctype will meet the old browser, then it will simply remain in the standard mode of compatibility. Start using it and feel the difference!"

I hope you'll find it as useful as I did.
Diana

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Welcome Spring semester 2012

Hello everyone,
This will be my blog for the Website Architecture class. Hope you'll enjoy it and we'll have some great fun this semester.
Diana