The website I chose to write about has been one of my favorite websites for many years,homestarruner.com. Although simplistic and would probably be perceived as silly by most, this website provides many, many hours of entertainment which was produced with the use of Adobe Flash.
The things that make this website so interesting to me are that the builders made it very interactive and with the intention to keep the user involved even when they are actually watching one of their short ‘toons, for example the main page in of it self can be changed to many different themes with cute little animations and jokes to go along with that theme and then in turn directs the visitor to which ever area they wish to go to . There are also many hidden links included so that while you watch some of the cartoons you can click on them to reveal even more, mostly related jokes. The colours used are quite eye catching and would appeal to both adults as well as children and also adults who still act like children.
In my opinion there is nothing in this website ( that I have personally seen ) that was boring, all the animation is well done ( even though it is simple ) and even when the visiter isn’t actually doing anything there are things that happen as they move the mouse around which I believe helps keeps the viewer interested and entertained and the jokes are quite funny (in my opinion ). All the typography that is used is large enough for most to see except the lower most menu, however, this is remedied by the fact that one can always re-route to the main menu.
In conclusion, as I mentioned before, this website looks simplistic however the idea that the builders made it so user friendly and interactive as well as asthetically appealling while also achieving ACTUALLY being funny makes this website a winner to me!