Website Name: Apple Store (Singapore)
URL: http://store.apple.com/sg
Type: Online Retailing, Mac Website.

This is where purchases of Mac is done online, without a hassle and maybe without bursting limit on your credit. The Apple Store is only available in certain countries and fortunately in Singapore we do have this available to us, though we don't have the habit of using it. It does free delivery with every purchase usually within 24 hours. It also have a wide range of accessories available to make everything available at one location.

So far I have only purchase an item from the store and I think the website is beautifully made, it's very functional and even has alluring thumbnails of the lastest product they have in-store with accurate prices stated, no surcharge and even included G.S.T which is like having no fine print to read for unawared online shoppers. They even have promotions laid out nicely for your viewing pleasure without annoying flash advertisement we see in most online stores and it's mainly the Apple clean cut layout that make it shine.

The "Apple" layout that is commonly used on Apple sites also applying the Apple store, the navigation bar at the top is very simple and easy to look at. Having all the similiar line of products in similar rows make it look very pleasant and neat though note the increasing prices as it goes down the row. Also having utilize the 2 side bars to display other information like What's New in Store and the accessories on the left column make it useful and not redundant looking. Having the shopping assistance bar right below the sliver-fading navigation bar with various options like Help, Account & Cart which show the fully utilized space especially with the clean borders between each box of information.

Rating: 9.5/10

@; 1:09 PM

Website Name: Livejournal Main Site
URL: http://www.livejournal.com/
Type: Blog, Online Journal, Social Networking

This is the main site for the whole sites of LiveJournals, where the user do everything they want here with their LiveJournals from associating the LiveJournal to Facebook to editing the CSS of the LiveJournal, is every LiveJournal user's haven and required place. Displaying various updates going on in their LiveJournals inclusive of viewer's comment to their friend's LiveJournal news on the dashboard.

As a proud owner of a LiveJournal, I do use this site very often and personally I think it's great site because it virtually has everything you need for your LiveJournal on the dashboard, with the navigation dashboard with filled with useful tools it's my best friend when I need it. Also I love the Writer's Block section which have random questions that we can post answers to and we also could see other LiveJournal user's answers.

The Layout for the LiveJournal site is designed with functionality in mind which is a criteria for blogging sites to be user-friendly and ease. LiveJournal has a neat and clean layout which seperates every box of information with a clear border allowing distinction from Quick Links from Journal Comments making it easier to have a glances on recent updates. The navigation dashboard is very versatile because it's being made in a way the LiveJournal section is distincted from other miscellaneous functions thus making changing setting a breeze though the word "Journal" may be a little unnoticeable initally because of the common font and color used, it might take some time to get used to for unfamiliar users. The navigation at the top right below the User is rather useful as it's personal setting and messages which may or may not be important but making the font smaller does make it effective to show that it's less Journal-based setting and more User account-based.

Rating: 9/10

@; 12:27 PM

Site Name: Akihabara News
URL: http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/
Type of Website: Gadget Guides, News Feed, Gadget News, High Tech News.

Akihabara News is a website that provide news and updates of the lastest gadgets and technological advancement to the general public. Being based in Tokyo, the heart of Japan the site not only have one of the most updated High Tech News globally it even has exclusive reports on major product launches/marketing promotion and it also does live updates from the technologically inclined district in Tokyo, Akihabara.

Personally I think it's a great and very informative site for IT-inclined people like me, I've been using this site for close to 2 years now. It has not failed me in bringing the lastest gadget rumor/news to my viewing pleasure, I have introduced this site to my friends so they too, can be constantly updated. I have gained plenty of general knowledge on technology that we cannot learn in school, how it comes into real life appliances, the other would be the video reviews of hands-on of the lastest yet-to-be gadget, they would get me so hyped up over seeing the product and it's functionality and even the thought of owning it and lastly the green pig mascot is so cute to look at as a heading banner. Therefore I can conclude it's a great website to learn and get updated, even to the general audience a surplus would be that it could be used with RSS feed.

The layout used on this site relatively user-friendly to general public ranging from IT-inclined people like me and to the general public because of the clear choices of words for titles. The green navigation bar is very usable because the title is stated clearly, it can bring you to different sections of the site that you may want to go and the navigation bar is constant in any context available in the site, making it easier to switch from the lastest News to Reviews and there's even changable languages make it more versatile to a whole wide spectrum of users. The search bar which is also available on the navigation bar further increase the user-friendliness, making people search for general information easier and quicker. In the context section it's split into 3 different sides, one being the Lastest News which make reading easy and instanteous once arriving on site, second being Lastest Review allowing easy glancing of it beside the News and thirdly is the advertisements.

Rating of this Website: 8/10

@; 11:25 AM

Been a long time since i felt feeling of a new blog.

ironic huh?


and
the blogspot De JaVu is occuring,
you know, the one where you click publish then an error page shows?
Then you click back all is gone.
AH, that :D


*hint LiveJournal*

@; 4:41 AM