Michigan State University – Episode #68
Site Scores:
| Site | Visual | Information | Code | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State University | 95 | 92 | 99 | (286/300) 95% A |
Today’s Tip:
The mobile web is expanding every day. It is important to make your content available to those phones is crucial. If you can customize your page display to be optimized for specific phones your users will thank you. The few major mobile browsers should be your primary targets but at least a base mobile browser view would work. Even if you aimed for just your content without all the fluff it would be a great first step.
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March 27th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
nice bright green colors, calming color scheme. conspicuous grey nav on the left, big light switch image about earth hour activity
March 27th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Funny MSU scored so high; I recently graduated from Michigan State and I always despised how difficult it was to find anything on msu.edu!
March 28th, 2009 at 8:16 am
@Kristen It did get high marks but you have to realize it was just based on a 10 minute initial visit. An in depth examination might reveal something completely different.
March 29th, 2009 at 8:58 am
I expected MSU to get high marks from Edu Checkup, since I remember when MSU spoke about the web redesign process at World Usability Day a couple years ago.
Excellent focus on usability, user experience, and accessibility, which is no less than what I would expect given their experienced staff and resources at http://usability.msu.edu/
April 1st, 2009 at 7:45 pm
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April 7th, 2009 at 9:21 am
I would mark them much lower on visuals. There’s nothing interesting visually – it gives the vibe of a much smaller, less capable, university. I would say that the high marks on information are correct, but at the expense of visuals. Looks like it was designed at the turn of the millennium.
December 18th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
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