Sunday, July 6, 2008

Good Website~!






Dell.ca is one of the most popular online retailers of PCs and PC equipment. Its websites does tremendous business, and has experienced a lot of growth over the past few years. It has an averange rating of 4.6 out of 5 with a 595 review.

Here are some key factors that make Dell.ca a great website:




1) HomePage

Firstly, this is the Home page of Dell.ca. It has a good contrast on the main page which make it look fresh. It attract the user to continue browse this website for search for information of product and etc. Moreover, it has a simple flash in the main page which make it quite interesting. Since it is a simple flash that show the latest or hotsale product, it took a short loading time.
The picture in the middle, green little plant, make the site look lifely. It let the browser feel fresh and clear.




2) Key Audience

Dell understands that there are three key groups of visitors that frequent their website: home-based consumers, business consumers, and people in need of help. The design lends itself to servicing these three key audiences right from the home page.




3) Consistency

Secondly, this website has a good "Consistency". The look and feel of the site is consistent throughout. As you can see, regardless of which page you are on, you know you are still on Dell.ca. The colours, fonts, and alignments are all consistently displayed. It is helpful for users to keep track on themselves for staying in the same site, not suspecting that they went across to other sites.




4) User-friendly functions

Its navigation and user-friendly functions allow readers to surf the website with ease. There is a shopping cart that lets you retain your dream PC is an excellent tool, and adds a tremendous amount of value to customers. The interactive PC builder section also steps through the customization process very painlessly and reliably. Also, they provided you with the information of purchases help. Dell.ca also does 'search' very nicely. The results are intelligent and grouped by interest (e.g. products, support, articles, etc.)




5) Grouping Sections


As we can see, their GroupingSections are grouped very well, both logically and visually, making navigating this huge site far easier. It allowed the users to have a quick scan of what can be found in this website.




6) Languages and Country Selection

Dell.ca, which is a Canada website, provides user with 2 languages for both English and French. The web designer is thoughtful for those who do not know Frech. It is great to include English as it is world wide used. It also allows users to choose a specific country link of Dell. For example, Canada, USA, Malaysia, Singapore etc.




7) Visual images

The images used on Dell.ca are not overdone; they are simply useful in the sense of giving the consumer a visual of the product(s) they are looking at. It is very convinient for the users. They are able to take a look at the product(s) in Dell without stepping out of house.




8) Font
Beside that, this website allowed users to enlarge and resize the font for the entire webpage. Therefore it will be much better and easier for an elderly to browse through this site. Designer of Dell.ca is so thoughtful they actually spare a thought for elderlys and eyesight. problem users.











9) HTML Code





Lastly, this website used Cascading Style Sheets ( CSS ) to control the layout of the website and also links. This uses of CSS instead of the once popular nested tables not only allows shorter time for the browser to render, but also very useful in maintaining visual consistency. JavaScripts are also used to




10) Conclusion
*In Conclusion, Dell.ca is a great website which have a good contrast. Having some image of fresh and clear feeling make the site appealing. Also, neat little features where you can increase or decrease text size, rearrange grids, price summaries flow with the page.

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