CHIP, E-Culture demo and europeana.
In order to become familiar with the material and the interfaces, think of some questions you would like the answer to. Use the different facilities from the different systems and provide comments on which were helpful and how.
Write down two questions whose answer requires linking more than two pieces of information.
Comment on the best and worst aspects of the very different interfaces of these sites.
The report should be aimed at fellow designers who need to create a new interface for the information available. Argue for which features (functions/interface elements) should be kept. What should be improved, and how. Is there other functionality you would like to see added?
Two questions whose answers require linking more than two pieces of information:
1. What style(s) of paintings might interest me?
On the homepage of CHIP, I found 'the Threatened Swan' interest, whose style is Baroque. So I clicked 'Baroque' style, but nothing appeared. Anyway, the system suggest some other paintings, among which I found several ones that I like, such as 'Still Life with a Golden Goblet' and 'Winter Landscape with Iceskaters', also have the Baroque style. Well, then I would suppose that I am interested in this style. Still I want to know what Baroque style is, but CHIP shows nothing, e-culture shows almost nothing, and europeana gives some examples but no explanation. I need wikipedia at this moment.
2.It is possible for me to like Bembrandt?
After viewing some of his paintings, I found it hard to say. I like the way in which he used brushes and sometimes the colors, but I'm not interested in what he painted: the portraits and the dead peacock.
After viewing some of his paintings, I found it hard to say. I like the way in which he used brushes and sometimes the colors, but I'm not interested in what he painted: the portraits and the dead peacock.
I like that CHIP shows some very famous artworks on Homepage, and once users rate, other pieces will be recommended based on shared features. It's easy for those who are not familiar with either this museum or arts to explore. However, it doesn't always work well. For example, I like the 'use of color' feature, but only bright/colorful/cheerful/peaceful colors, not those dark/gloomy/depressive colors, which could not be distinguished by the system yet.
I also like the fact that CHIP helps to guide users to their favourite/recommended artworks. It is especially useful for those who have only limited time, or in huge museums like Louvre.
The pop-up in CHIP is very nice, too. The artworks, the artists, the lists are all poped up which enable the users not to lose tracks: it's much easier to close the pop-ups than to go back, since going back takes time to load the webpage and sometimes they just don't go back. However, the pop-ups sometimes are not so well. The pop-ups only appear at the top of the web page, but not where users are looking at. If they are at the bottom or anywhere but not the top, and they click,
the pop-up pop up, but at the top,
then they will not see it and probably miss it.
Though CHIP is very good for tourists, it's not systemic enough I would say. It doesn't explain Baroque for instance, except the fact that link of Baroque links to nothing. Another thing to improve is the rating itself: the rows of stars should be put more carefully.
The layout of e-culture is quite poor to me. Most of the space is empty, and the important text and images are confined in a very narrow column, which is even worse than my blog, whose narrow column is at least in the middle ^_^.
On the contrast, the information in europeana is listed horizontally. It's a bit strange to see things moving horizontally when I click 'next page' thing, I would say. Would it be a good idea to expand vertically? Besides the horizontal change, it seems that only 'next page' and 'previous page' links work. When I try to go to pages rather than those two, only the blank shows up. Nevertheless, there is no wasted space in either case, which is much better than e-culture.
About the information, I'd like to combine the e-culture and europeana. The former one gives examples of artworks without description, while the later gives both but in a very narrow column.
One thing I cannot understand about e-culture is the rma_works.rdf and rma_people.rdf links: why they always link to empty pages and they always appear there?
I also like the fact that CHIP helps to guide users to their favourite/recommended artworks. It is especially useful for those who have only limited time, or in huge museums like Louvre.
The pop-up in CHIP is very nice, too. The artworks, the artists, the lists are all poped up which enable the users not to lose tracks: it's much easier to close the pop-ups than to go back, since going back takes time to load the webpage and sometimes they just don't go back. However, the pop-ups sometimes are not so well. The pop-ups only appear at the top of the web page, but not where users are looking at. If they are at the bottom or anywhere but not the top, and they click,
no pop-up?
the pop-up pop up, but at the top,
but on the top
then they will not see it and probably miss it.
Though CHIP is very good for tourists, it's not systemic enough I would say. It doesn't explain Baroque for instance, except the fact that link of Baroque links to nothing. Another thing to improve is the rating itself: the rows of stars should be put more carefully.
The layout of e-culture is quite poor to me. Most of the space is empty, and the important text and images are confined in a very narrow column, which is even worse than my blog, whose narrow column is at least in the middle ^_^.
On the contrast, the information in europeana is listed horizontally. It's a bit strange to see things moving horizontally when I click 'next page' thing, I would say. Would it be a good idea to expand vertically? Besides the horizontal change, it seems that only 'next page' and 'previous page' links work. When I try to go to pages rather than those two, only the blank shows up. Nevertheless, there is no wasted space in either case, which is much better than e-culture.
About the information, I'd like to combine the e-culture and europeana. The former one gives examples of artworks without description, while the later gives both but in a very narrow column.
One thing I cannot understand about e-culture is the rma_works.rdf and rma_people.rdf links: why they always link to empty pages and they always appear there?
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