Level 2 IT Unit 13 -

Assignment 1
Ethan Johnson and today's date 25th of January 2022
Introduction
I am a Junior web designer for pixel design and I have been asked to compare man utd and MTV website .

I will be comparing the way that the website looks, feels, feature and picture to make the audience get a better view of what they are
buying or reading. The two websites are from different types of genre but that is why it will be more interesting to compare and contrast,
one website is british and the other one is american, so the vocabulary and word choices will be different to each other.
Intended use of mtv.com

The “MTV” site is a site that is used to talk about music artist and interview from them so then audience can watch and find out
more information about their favourite artists. The main purpose of this site is to entertain people.
On the website there is lots of different program with famous artists in that people can watch in their own time because the show
are not live they are recorded as seasons and series.

There is also a shop that you can purchase the “MTV” merchandise and you can also see the latest news that involve famous
people around world that are important to you and interest you also.

There is also video and stories that might relate to you such as being a teen mum there is lot of stories on that because a lot of
famous people have been through teenage pregnancy so they don't really mind opening up about it to the world to support those
who are going through it too.

The “MTV” can used any device such as phone, laptop, pc, tablet, TV, amazon fire stick and lots of other devices too.
There is an app that can be download on lots of different devices, so then you can login and then the new that you see will be
personalised for you.

The first page show slide show of news that can be clicked on to look at, these article that are popping up are the latest and
popular new in the fame world.
Intended use of manutd.com

The purpose of the Man Utd site is to show the activity of the Manchester United football team such as how they are doing in league, who is at
the club, transfer rumours, injury reports and dates of the upcoming fixtures. The “Man Utd” website is for the football team Manchester United
and they made the website so that the fans can see and follow up to date information and news about their team.

On the “Man Utd” website there are lots of subheading. The sub-heading are videos, news, shop, fixtures, players, my united, old trafford, tickets
and more. The use of these simple subheading makes it easier for the user to find what they need to find.

On the “ Man Utd” website there is a subheading that says “ shop” on this page you will be able to buy the Man Utd clothing such as kits, hats,
coats and gifts.

When you first go on to the “ Man Utd” website you see lots of picture that have heading which suggests that they are article that you can click on
to read about what is happening in the picture.
Features of mtv.com

The interface on the “MTV” website there black and yellow colour scheme going on which make the picture and the writing stand out
on a black background, the layout is easy to navigate through because there is a good use of sub-heading and titles. There is also an
action button at the bottom of the page that takes you to terms of use.

There are blogs on the “MTV” website that you can watch to find out about famous people’s life and their past life.

The menus on the “MTV” website is are just like the sub-heading at the top of the page so really it is a waste of time.

They update their website quite often because they add new and stories maybe everyday to make the viewer feel like they apart of
that person’s life.

The “MTV” website is a dynamic site because they update the website everyday and the user can interact with it too.
Features of manutd.com

One the “Man Utd” website you can see all the interface feature when you first go on the website because there is lots of images
that show the man utd players in action such as in a football match just after they have just scored a goal against the opposite
team. When you see these pictures that are taking right in the moment there is always a subheading that tells a bit about what is
happening in the picture before you like on it and read more.

Yes there is blogs on “man utd” website, you can read about what the players have to say about the matches.

The menu is very easy to use in that you can find what you need, the menu is not over complicated because it literally just
subheading that say where you might want to go.

Daily because there is a lot of news that has to be reported for the man utd players, such as training, fixtures and also transfer.

The man utd website is a dynamic website because it is updated everyday with all the new news and things like that
How the website features that are used improve
presentation/usability/accessibility/performance
mtv.com
mtv.com

Presentation
The “MTV” website looks simple but is a very effective website because it has a black background with with white writing,
the original “MTV” logo and also pictures that have writing on them to show that they are articles that a user can read for
free in their own time.

The page colour of the “MTV” website is black which will make the picture and the text on that website stand out very well
compared to if the background was white. The background on the “MTV” website also has some black and grey swirls
which can be a little distracting because it is also most like a hallucination.

The text colour on the “MTV” website is perfect because the colour scheme of the website is mostly black and the text is
white and white text on a black background stands out really well and excludes any competitions for their viewers.
mtv.com
Useability
On the “ MTV” website there is a good amount of hyperlinks and buttons that can take you to other websites or social media sites or to
certain episode of the tv shows. They are very useful to some user that can't find somethings.

It is really easy to navigate the “MTV” website because there is a lot subheading that can take you to different part of the website, to say
that there is a lot of information and facts on the “MTV” website it is still really easier to navigate.

The menus on the “MTV website are easy to use because there is names for each category such as show, home, live tv and news.
When you hover over some of these heading it comes up with more option to click on just for that section, so it makes it easy to find what
you want and it saves quite a lot of time compared to looking for the thing without the menu, you would be scrolling for ages.

It is so easy to find information because there is so much information that you can read and look at, you can also type in the name of the
article or person that you want to know the information about such as if you want to know about your favorite artist you would just type in
their name into the search bar and it would come up with all the news and information about that person in seconds
mtv.com
Accessibility

No, the short description of the picture on the start of the website just comes up on it own you don't need to hover over it which makes
it much easier for views to read a little bit about the article before they click on it and read on. The short sentence that tells you about
picture/video that you are seeing looks very nice because it isn’t too small or too big so that it overpowers the photo/video that is been
shown to give the viewer a little taste of what is going on.

Yes because the white writing on the black background stands out so much that they both can’t possibly blend into each other, I would
be very shocked if someone with visual impairment would be able to tell the difference between the black background and the white
writing that is used throughout the whole website.

When I have looked at the “MTV” website to see if hearing impairment and I can’t see anything that will help people with hearing
impairment
mtv.com
Performance

I had a look at the website in Chrome and Internet Explorer but on the chrome version it so much more smoother and on the other
hand the microsoft edge version is so much slower and it takes much longer to to load stuff on the website such as clicking on a
subheading and it takes for ages compared to the chrome version loads in seconds. So in my opinion I would choose google
chrome over microsoft edge for the obvious reason that would be because of the loading times for just clicking on something on the
“MTV” website.

I hate the microsoft edge version of the “MTV” website because it takes much longer just to load something that you click on just the
website and the loading time on the chrome version is so much better because it load it in seconds.

The speed of the “MTV” website is very good on desktop pc but could be better on a mobile devices because not everyone is going
to view this website on a desktop pc, most people these days use mobile device or tablets that can be used on the go.
 Strengths & Weaknesses of mtv.com
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES

Has a lot of information on just the home/ Use more bright colours on the website instead of just white
starting page that can be read by the viewer. and black then it will look more attractive to a user.

The choices of colour that have been picked by You can't sign up or sign in on the “MTV” website which is a bad
the creator of the website is a good choice things because a user wants ting that are mad for them and
because words are not being covered and what they would like to read about.
blended in with the background.

They need to add the hover feature on the “MTV” website

A loyal user of the “ MTV” website has a lot of because a user can hover over a picture/image and read a little
news to read up on because you can search for about the article they are going to read when they click on it.
things and article just pop up that might interest
you.
manutd.com
manutd.com
Presentation

The “ man utd” website looks like a well round website because it has lots of picture that have a little bit of information on
them what tells you about what you are going to read. At the top of the “man utd” website there are subheading that you
can click to get a different page on the website where you might want to get to such as if you wanted to get the page
where you can purchase some of the “ man utd” merchandise or ticket for the upcoming fixtures or you want to find out
the latest news to do with the club.

The colour of the page is red, white and black which compliment each other because they don't block or disguise each
other or make other disappear to human eye

The colour of the text on the “man utd” website is black writing on an white background and white writing on a black
background. On these coloured backgrounds the writing will stand and not be missed by anyone hopefully. The text size
on the “ man utd” website is good because the it is too small and not too big that is blocking the picture that is in front of
the text size choice is chosen very well compared to some other website on the internet.
manutd.com

On the “man utd” there is button and hyperlink that work very well, the buttons take the user to the company that sponsor man utd which is to
help the user to by and look at their sponsors’ website and maybe make a purchase from them as well. There are also other button on the “ man
utd” website at the bottom of the page for their social media, when amn user clicks on one of the social media button they will; be taken to their
social media account just from one click.

The “ man utd” website is very easy to navigate because it easy to find what a user wants to find due to the fact there ios search bar, subheading
that says 9 different that can be click on to get to different sector of the “ man utd” website

The menus on the “man utd” website are easy to use because the 9 subheading that you can click don't disappear when you scroll to the bottom
of the page it stays at the top of the page so that it is easy to access and use when needed by the user. Even when you link on something else
on the “man utd” website the toolbar stays at the top of your page which is really good so that you don't have to go to the home page to get the
toolbar.

Yes because there is a search bar that you can click to type in what you want to do and then all you have to do is press the enter bar and it will
come up with the result of your search
manutd

Accessibility
When you hover over videos/images on the “man utd” website there is no description of what is going on in the videos/images. It would be better
if it was added because a user of the website would know about what they were about to read about, when a user knows about what they are
about to read about they will know if they should even waste their time trying to read about it.

The colour choice on the “man utd” website has been picked very wisely because none of the writing is being covered by the colour of the
background. If a user has visual impairment there shouldn't be any compilation because the colour choices that have been used is wise because
it is black writing on a white background and nothing is being covered or made hard to see.

On the “man utd” there is no aids or setting for people with an hearing impairment, such as subtitle that will tell you what the person in the video
is saying and talking about.
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Performance
Yes, the “man utd” website works as well as each other on two different internet browsers, the browsers that I used were microsoft edge and
google chrome. I thought that Microsoft edge version was going to be the one that was going to work the best but it is on par with google chrome
for performance, looks, graphics and speed. The “man utd” website on both of the two different browsers look the same, which is a shock
because most people prefer to use google chrome cause it is thought to be the best one out of all of the browsers that can be used to browse the
web. Here is the view of the “man utd” website on a mobile device and a desktop PC and they both work as good as each other, but the view and
the size is a big difference, if you are on the go and you want to look at the “man utd” website it is going to be the mobile option and at home it
will be the desktop version.
 Strengths & Weaknesses
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES

It has a place where you can sign in or sign up They need to add captioning for people that
so then you can receive news and information have hearing impairments.
that suits your interests.

The fonts on the “man utd” might cause some

The look and feel of the “man utd” website is problems for some user because it might be
best because it has a really good colour scheme hard for them to read the information, due to the
that fits the team badge and also everything writing being so fine.
else.

You have to subscribe to watch the video on the

The “man utd” website is dynamic and it is “man utd” website which is a really bad thing
updated regularly because there is a lot of news because some people might not want to pay to
that is needed to get to the fan base. watch a video.
Conclusion/which website is the best

In conclusion I think that the “man utd” website is much better than the “MTV” website because the layout is much better it. The “man utd”
website is present better and also functions better in many different ways such as the pictures that also have information below them to tell you a
little bit about what exactly is going on in the pictures.

Another reason why the “man utd” website is better than the “MTV” website is because the whole colour scheme/choice is much better because
the red and white really catches the audience attention cause the “MTV” website just mainly uses blacks and some greys, which is really boring
and will make the viewer looks somewhere else.

I really like the fact when you first go on the “man utd” website there is lots of news that you look at and read with any effort such as if you wanted
to find out the transfer news or the main/ important thing from the their last match, there will probably be a headline that will tell you the key
information about that match and all the juicy parts as well.

I think that the layout and look of the navigation bar is well thought of because it easy to find what you want to find such as if you want to find
about the information about any match that you wanted to buy tickets for there is a subheading for that. Another thing I like about the navigation
bar would be the when you go on another page the navigation bar stays at the top of the page which will save you a lot of time because on some
pages on the “MTV” website you can't use the navigation bar, so there for you will have to go home and find it.