Tuesday, 14 October 2014

Shooshh Analysis/Responsiveness

I have been looking further into the Shooshh website and what I think personally needs improving.  I have been surprised by the fact that the website is actually responsive on every page but some better than others.  Here are some examples of them below.






In the screenshot above is what is presented to you after clicking on 'Whats on'.  You are presented with an average looking calendar that is completely blank.  There are events happening at Shooshh because under the 'Events' tab in the navigation there are events over the course of october and november.  I am guessing the calendar hasn't been updated or the website is broken.  However the calendar is ugly and does not show off the website or Shooshh at all.  The plain colours are dull.  Once the boxes are filled with text I guess the practicality of this design is very useful.





I was super surprised when I found the Shooshh website to be responsive. The navigation shrinks down to a common drop down menu which is useful on smaller devices such as smartphones.  It doesn't look good at all but it is practical.  The bar is centred unlike the non-responsive version which looks better.  




Here is a screenshot of the drop down menu once shrunk down.  More options are available to click on rather than the original menu which is strange because if anything it would be the other way round.  The text here is standard along with the colouring and blue highlighted background once hovered on, reminding me a lot of windows.  




This is the homepage of Shooshh at smartphone view.  I was pleasantly surprised.  The information is all there and correctly centred.  The logo is brought into the centre making it look more professional.  Photos from the gallery are still available under the drop down menu.  The text is more readable in my opinion on the responsive version as it looks larger.




Back to desktop view and this is the page for the 'Find Us' tab.  I was slightly disappointed as the map shown here in this screenshot is not interactive.  This is a still image of Google Maps with an added pin point locating where Shooshh is.  They could improve this page by saying how to get there from certain popular places in Brighton such as the Pier of the centre.  They could also make the map interactive and locating you if on a smartphone directing how to get there.




The gallery for Shoohh is rather well laid out.  Apart from the centred black strip with content laid within on every page, the thumbnails look interesting and make you want to find out more and look at these photos and see what Shooshh has to offer and what you could be doing yourself if you went.  There is a 5 column lay out each with a different date listing a particular event.  









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