My Favorite Website
I would say one of my favorite websites is the Google email. I check my emails multiple times a day and the website looks never makes me tired. Gmail is so straight forward and simple to use but at the same time it also gives me freedom to customize my page, choose the color and background, and create different labels.
I like the contrast between the "read" and "unread" emails because just by looking at the transparency of the email, it is possible to notice if the message is old or new. Also, the new ones show up in a bold font, while the already read ones stay in regular font. Another contrast element I like is the labels/categories. Each person can customize their own labels by naming it and changing its colors for their own taste. This feature is very helpful to maintain the order on my email page by also using repetition. Every time I get an email from UTSA, it appears in red, so I know every red email is from my university; when I get an email from the place I live it appears in green, and so on.
The alignment and proximity in Gmail are used perfectly, in my opinion. The left-column navigation shows the inbox, drafts, emails that were sent, the categories/labels, etc. They are all under each other because they are related. Then, on the central and main part of the screen, it shows initially the inbox, but after clicking in any of the options on the left-column, that appears on the center. On the very right side of the screen, Google gives you the option of opening a new window to access another app from Google, such as Calendars, Drive, Maps, etc.
Majority of the things on Gmail are interactive because it needs a click in order to open and visualize the full email content, to write an email, and to categorize it into different labels. It is also interactive and nice that it is allowed to customize the background and the colors of the page, making it more appealing to the user.
I like the contrast between the "read" and "unread" emails because just by looking at the transparency of the email, it is possible to notice if the message is old or new. Also, the new ones show up in a bold font, while the already read ones stay in regular font. Another contrast element I like is the labels/categories. Each person can customize their own labels by naming it and changing its colors for their own taste. This feature is very helpful to maintain the order on my email page by also using repetition. Every time I get an email from UTSA, it appears in red, so I know every red email is from my university; when I get an email from the place I live it appears in green, and so on.
The alignment and proximity in Gmail are used perfectly, in my opinion. The left-column navigation shows the inbox, drafts, emails that were sent, the categories/labels, etc. They are all under each other because they are related. Then, on the central and main part of the screen, it shows initially the inbox, but after clicking in any of the options on the left-column, that appears on the center. On the very right side of the screen, Google gives you the option of opening a new window to access another app from Google, such as Calendars, Drive, Maps, etc.
Majority of the things on Gmail are interactive because it needs a click in order to open and visualize the full email content, to write an email, and to categorize it into different labels. It is also interactive and nice that it is allowed to customize the background and the colors of the page, making it more appealing to the user.
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