BAD EXAMPLE OF INTERACTIVE WEBSITE
This is a bad example of an interactive website. This website is for NASA and displays information about space flight, the crew, cargo and space walk.
The introduction to the site is far too long in comparison to the content quality of the site. Throughout the time you are on the website a constant and hypnotic animation is looped in the background drawing away the users attention from the information. The quality of the photos used is far from good, they appear blued and with jagged edges.

If I was to take away one good point from this website, I would say that the font choice is fairly relevant in that it is space age in it's style.

WWW.OWNYOURC.COM

ownyourc.com is a website that collects data about whether people smoke or not. By collecting this date the website creates an inter active graph which can be clicked, and more data about that person is given. On the roll over of the graph a clicking sound is produced and a small tag containing the persons username is displayed.

One feature that I think is very well thought out on this web site is the small squares on the right hand side of the page. These squares allow the user the filter the data by options such as age, location and gender which I think makes the data more valid.

From a design point of view I really like the minimalist approach that they have taken. I think that this reduces distraction and makes reading the graph more simple and enjoyable. Also the simple use of neutral colours adds to the clean design.

The layout of the information is very well done. When the menu is clicked (below) the rest of the screen is covered in a cross hatching texture so to not distract the user.

The aspect that makes this web site enjoyable to use is the animations. Elements move through a 3D space, which is not common, and they are extremely smooth. I think that this is element that will be hard for us to translate into our animation, despite this I think that we will find a way to do so.

SWEATSHOPPE

SWEATSHOPPE, 4spots, the landing extras from SWEATSHOPPE on Vimeo.

For this interactive installation they use a projected image and a paint brush with a sensor on it. When the sensor is placed in front of the projector the black from on top of the image is removed to reveal it beneath. This is a simple installation with a huge amount of impact and variety.

www.zign.com.br

The Zign website is composed for many basic animations that add movement to the site. I think from this website I can learn how lots of simple animations can be put together to create an overall pleasing result.

The main feature that we will take from this site is the slight movement or rocking effect. This gives a perception of camera shake which is something that we want to incorporate into our animation.