Lexia to Perplexia
This site’s lexia entrance pages consisted of black background that gave the impression of hidden secrets. The index page consisted of a boarded frame that focused the reader’s attention to the story within it. On the page, the only linked text was the header text of the title and the subheading text of the author’s name. There was a half visible image of a persona’s face that gave the illusion of someone peering from the shadows. When I begin to click the links I notice that the author discreetly direct the readers direction through the lexia and presented the text for a full comprehension to the subject matter. The pages were not chaotic but well designed and the layout presented the information in a thought provoking format. The author designed the pages where not all text or links on the lexia had a connecting link and the hyperactivity had simple progressions that relate the message. The graphic image on the index lexia took the reader to a page that had graphic representation of their linked text.
The Bomar Gene
On the other hand, begin it index page with a linear story that had a gradient background of different shade of gray with white writing. The only color on the page was the blue hyperlink at the bottom of the page. The page had only three links and the lead the clicker to certain pages. When the visitor clicked on the index text, the link too you to a page where the text above the blank information box that changed colors when you moved over it. The text above the box changed it position as the box changed its color as the visitor moved over the box as if they both were caught in a matrix grid.
Both
However, I did click though both site and saw that they both used the styles that were outline in the reading material that was presented in the course reader and the other material that was used in class. They were different in their presentation lexia to Perplexia was orderly in their presentation with graphic that represent the textual ideas. Plus, Mammoth was discreet in how he made the lexia flow with the links. While, The Bomar Gene was present in a bolder format that was chaotic as the reader interacted on the lexia pages. A hidden message scrolled at the bottom of the page a poetic message that the readers would miss unless they played around with the scroll bar on the side of the page to activate it. Both author presented their pages with subtle similarities. They both had only three links from the index page, two of the links took you to the same lexia, and the guided the visitor in a direction they choose to release the content that was most relevant to the story. The both allow the clicker an opportunity to interact before freeing them to exit the lexia starting gates as a thoroughbred running a race.