Webby
Award Winner (under Services)
Volunteer
Match
http://www.volunteermatch.org
Links into the main section of the site are clearly labeled both at the top and the bottom of the index page. Small but colorful logo and simple slogan . . . "Get Out. Do Good." Loads quickly and a search engine for the sites intended users. FIND for those looking to provide volunteer service and POST for those looking for volunteers for their organization.
Skillfully crafted use of simple, short words and most pages require very little to no scrolling. Consistent use of colors and link color matches the color of the Heading of the section the user is in to give visual queue as to where you are within the site. Visually, a very appealing site.
The one thing they did not provide was contact information in any section except for the "About" section. In their defense though, the site does not seek to promote itself but rather to promote others and doing this exemplifies their mission to match volunteers with organizations. The About page contains a link to a "Contact Us" page that contains every kind of contact point including one for the press.
I
could not decide between Saturn
and MoMA:Worksphere
http://www.saturnbp.com/company/ and http://www.moma.org/workspheres/
Both sites welcome page have are graphics heavy which takes too long to load.
There are too many links listed.
Navigation is not intuitive or explained.
Saturn has navigation links at the top that on Mouse-Over, open additional links below it . . . if you accidentally pass over the link area next to the top one you clicked . . . the links below change! Reminds me of a Java script I came across called "How to keep an Idiot Busy" . . .
http://www.pagetutor.com/idiot/idiot.html
The MoMA site requires flash and once you do get in, there are like 150 little images that all look alike that open the text/contents that links to the main description of the item listed. Very confusing navigation. I would be hard put to navigate back to the item. I finally figured out that the links on side would highlight the little pages which contained information on the subject identified by the side links. Are you confused by this statement??? Try getting into the site . . .and all will be clear as the Mudbrick Award.
http://web.icq.com/
ICQ.com has a ton of links and even a lot of graphics on the opening page that takes way too long to load with dial-up service. The site has gotten a bit better with the use of headings but it is still somewhat overwhelming. Too many colors, and not enough white space.