CHIM: A web biography of David Seymour  

Appendix

WEB BIOGRAPHIES: A Review of Current Strategies and Case Study of David Seymour

December 1998

 

Address # of pgs #of
imgs
Image use  # of links Link use Navigation use  Chron Additional
Comments

http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/hypertext/landow/victorian/moris/wmbio.html

* extended linear approach

 1 All on top. Good size.  19 Anchors. None. Easily lost Chron Consistent design and color use.

 http://www.efn.org/~dhumphry

* extended linear approach

1 2 Photo ok, needs more images.
Text heavy.
16 10 out, 6 in site. Repeats. Index at top. Good overview. Chron by Success Clear use of tables. Easy to read. Bland. OK use of hierarchy.

 http://violet.berkeley.edu/~africam/jordan.html

* extended linear approach

 1  0 None. Textured background.  2 Broken links. No need. First Chron, then
Success
Good hierarchy. Bland.

 http://members.aol.com/bonvibre/toomer0.html

* extended linear approach

 1  0 None. Light textured background 7  5 out, 2 in site.
Repeated links.
No menu bar. Chron Inconsistent color. No hierarchy. No menu bar.

 http://hometown.aol.com/kfbofpql/LEngl.html

* extended linear approach

 1  2 6 animated images. Broken image. Poor back. 33 All anchors. Long link names. Has table of contents. Chron No hierarchy. Multi-color text. Some text same color as links. Animated images

 http://btr0xw.rz.uni-bayreuth.de/dgfa/boucher/boucher_bio.htm

* short standard approach

 1  0 None. 0 None. No need. Chron A little hard to read.

 http://members.aol.com/knkreutzer/auster/austbiog.htm

* full web-oriented approach

 5  1 1 per page. Consistent. 1 Only has "next" and "previous" Only forward &
backward.
Chron by Success Multi-color text. Hard to read. No hierarchy, consistent image background.

 http://www.f8.com/FP/Announce/SManbio.htm

* extended linear approach

 1  0 None..and she is a
Photographer!
4 None in text. Menu bars inconsistent by Success Nice quote, but no image.

 http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/7146/index.htm

* full web-oriented approach

 7  1 Large, but ok. 1 Only to "next page" No menu. Can only go forward. Chron Hard to read. Inconsistent with each page with different backgrounds.

 http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/1120/VALERY.HTM

* extended linear approach

 1  1 Fine. At the bottom.  2 Both broken. No need. Chron Hard to read. Background. No hierarchy.

 http://www.island.net/~blues/bb.html

* extended linear approach

 1  1 Good. Top. 1 To another blues page. No need. Chron.  Text heavy. Hierarchy only at top. Need anchors.

 http://www.interlog.com/~ki/bio.htm

* extended linear approach

 1  1 Top. Needs more. Text heavy. 49 Poor. Indescriptive. No need. Chron. Messy organization of links.

 http://www.civilwarhome.com/clebunbi.htm

* extended linear approach

 1  1 Top. 2 1 to addtl. Bio page. Should be same. No need. Chron. Messy list. Should be a table.

 http://www.maths.monash.edu/~rjh/music/eyesore/html/interview/DeadCanDance.biography.html

* short standard approach

 1  0 None. 0 None. No need. Chron. Text heavy. Hard to read with yellow text on red.

 http://members.aol.com/johnfranc/drac05.htm

* short standard approach

 1  2 Large at top. Needs more. Text heavy. 0 None. No need. Chron. Sometimes text wraps around image, other times, not. Poor use of space. Bland.

 http://wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de/~bw102392/wunderlich/bios/kertesz.htm

* full web-oriented approach

 1 Top. Fine. Not much opp. For more. Pop up window so menu always there. Chron. Consistent color.

 http://home.att.ne.jp/yellow/tajima/kertexzindex.htm

* extended linear approach

1  7 Animated images. 1 large at top. Too large. 35 Long names. Too many. Need anchors. Chron. Multicolor text. Too many colors.

 http://www.ftllaw.com/people/bhf.htm

* short standard approach

1 0 None. 0 Only to go back. No need. Chron. Picture would be nice. No hierarchy. No order.

 www.musictus.com/rickcua/

* full web-oriented approach

4 1 Top. Needs more. 7 3 in English
4 in Italian 4 in bio.
Frames. Chron. Animated Images.

 www2.promisekeepers.org/pkpeople/227e_18e.htm

* short standard approach

1 1 Top. Small. 0 None. Menu bar. Success Minimal info.

 www.larryford.com/bio.htm

* full web-oriented approach

17  3 Good. 1 on top, others in text. 17 None within text. Menu of topic at top and sides.  Chron. Long link names.

 virpster.simplenet.com/mtws/frame.html

* full web-oriented approach

20 1 Fine. Sporadic. Many on other pages. 0 None in bio. Many in others pgs. Good. Frames. Chron. Professional and consistent.

 fly.hiwaay.net/~djberry/fo/guest/geri.htm.

* extended linear approach

1 0 None. 4 2 are repeats. No need. Success by chron. Missing information.

 www.factsoflife.com/ns40page/cast/nancy.htm

* extended linear approach

1 1 Too large and unclear. 23 Many are repeats. No need. Success by chron. Unprofessional.

 www.actrix.gen.nz/users/dgold/people/donald.html

* short standard approach

1 1 Small, but at top.  0 None. No need. Success Minimal info.

 austria-tourism.at/eindex/brocker.html

* full web-oriented approach

13 1 Large at top. 13 Long titles. None. Related at bottom. Chron. Only links.

 home.earthlink.net/~dansi/framebiograph.html

* short standard approach

1 0 None. 0 None. No need. Hobby. Young child's.

 http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/smetana.html

* extended linear approach

1 1 Fine. 1 Fine. Only 1 onsite. No need. Chron. Bland.

 www.auburn.edu/psychology/fac_bios.html#burkhart

* short standard approach

1 0 None. 0 None. No need. Success Short blurb on many professors. No images.

 www.egao.com.mx/partners.htm#cet

* short standard approach

1 0 None. 0 None. No need. Success in chron. Minimal info.

 www.eyeneer.com/CCM/Composers/Ives/index.html

* full web-oriented approach

3 1 Top. 4 Only in bio. Page. Others diff. Style. Ok. Consistent design. Success in chron. Consistent buttons. Very short.

 www.rggallery.com/gallery.html

* short standard approach

1 1 Top. 0 None. Only to home. Success in chron. Hard to read.

 www.decobydennison.com/gallery.html

* full web-oriented approach

13 1 Of her gallery, not her.

8

menu

None. Only back or forward. Chron. Hard to read. White on black.

 aliciasilverstone.webitize.com/biography.htm

* full web-oriented approach

28 2 In front, but none in bio part. 28 More off of each one. Frame. Sitemap on first page. Success Multicolor text.

 www.raycharles.com/bio.htm

* full web-oriented approach

12 0 None. 0 None. Only back or forward. Menu. Success by chron. Loud. Consistent design.

 www.bostonbrass.com/boston2.htm

* full web-oriented approach

5 0 None. 0 None. To 4 others. Menu with no home. Success Consistent. Unprofessional. Very short.

 http://www.showgate.com/tots/picasso/einslink.htm

* extended linear approach

1 3 Ok. 1 of him, others of formulas. 2 2 unnecessary anchors. Menu bar to source. Chron. Texture back. Unnecessary. No hierarchy.

 http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Cousteau.html

* short standard approach

1 1 Top. 0 None. No need. Chron. Paragraphs make it not so text heavy looking.

 http://payson.tcs.tulane.eclu/cordellhull/prod04.htm

* extended linear approach

1 1 Top. Needs more. 9 Some repeat
None in body.
Anchors could work. Chron. Hierarchy. Text heavy. Includes quote.

 http://www.annonline.com/interviews.970522/biography.html

* extended linear approach

1 2 Top. 9 3 onsite. 6 off site. Menu, but not same design. Chron. Consistent design. No dates in chron. Menu different design and different location.

 http://www.tombtown.com/bios/wyatt.htm

* short standard approach

1 1 Top center. None. No need.  Chron. Hard to read. Blue on black.

 http://orgone.org/IPOOeng/historie.htm

* extended linear approach

1 2 Top center ok. Bottom is poor. 29 Poor. Broken links. No need. Chron. No hierarchy. Link color similar to back. Need more images. Text heavy.

 www.nobel.se/larueates/medicine-1962-1-bio.html

* extended linear approach

1 1 Top. Could have more. 13 Fine. No need. Chron. No hierarchy.

 http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/remus/bio.html

* full web-oriented approach

7 1 On each page. 8 All within long link text. Always go to TOC. No menu. Success Consistent layout.

 http://www.terraworld.net/devans/Erast.htm

* extended linear approach

1 0 None. 14 3 ref. Books. No need. Success No hierarchy. Texture back.

 suvcw.org/svr/coofbio.htm

* short standard approach

1 0 None. 0 None. No need. Chron. Text heavy.

 www.aldrin.org/rev2/bio.html

* full web-oriented approach

5 14 Top. Works along frame. 0 None. Confusing. Skip around anchors. Chron. Menu bar at bottom and frame.

 www.justicerecords.com/~nancy/bio17.html

* short standard approach

1 0 None. 0 None. No need. Topic Minimal info.

 nextdch.mty.itesm.mx/~plopezg/Kaplan/Hitchcock.html

* full web-oriented approach

11 2 Many. 1 big on him. 10 31 on bio. In hierarchy. Frame. Very good. Success by chron. Basic stats on side. Short description of links. Easy to read. Each movie links to stats.

 www.qumulus.nl/hitchcock/

* full web-oriented approach

8 1 main. Many. Others staggered well. 8 Great. Great. Always at top. Stats. Good hierarchy. Video clips available. Pop up window of out links.

 

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