NOTE: You get ONE FREE POINT on your chapter 1 and 2 quiz if you post a thoughtful comment on weeks 1 and 2's "Website Wednesdays" blog posts. In your post, you need to explain why this website is a good website.
"Trends in design are making their way into corporate web, albeit slowly; with patience and a little luck, businesses will soon start to consider carefully coded and appropriately functional design as important as their mission statement and recent sustainability reports.
One unfortunate fact is evident above all else: despite having plenty of money at their disposal, many corporations are lost in sterile MS Word-esque designs that are more stagnant than a museum exhibit… though at least museums have dinosaurs and mummies and stuff. Here’s hoping we all will get new corporate clients soon.
By simplifying and softening the navigation, McDonald’s opens the entire screen up to use as canvas for their product. Harmonious colors in the typography complement the food (and exploit the visual association with hamburgers), while the vivid photography does not obscure surrounding elements." (Bobby Foley, Corporate Website Design: Creative and Beautiful Solutions)