Space management

The most prolific issue in web design is utilizing space properly. The best websites provide their content in a well organized manner. They take advantage of all the space available on the page, whether it is used for providing information or advertising. An excellent example of web design is ESPN.com. The world-wide leader in sports boasts an excellent web page.
ESPN.com has their top stories accompanied by a photograph. They also have a video with one their anchors reading a package about the top story of the day. This is called the Sportscenter minute. The sports center contains the only recognizable flaw that we have addressed in class. The Sportscenter minute plays automatically upon visiting the site. ESPN.com is easy to navigate. It has links to coverage of each sport as well as fantasy sports. The website provides interactivity with one poll on the main page. It also has its own section for polls called sports nation.
On the flip side, one of the worst websites I have seen was the Columbia Tribune’s website. Their website was filled to the brim with white space. Their content was condensed into a narrow space that was centered on the page. The positive of the Tribune’s page was that it was easy to navigate. It had a list of Associated Press stories and a list of local stories.
In conclusion, web design boils down to one crucial factor. That one crucial factor is space management. Space management makes the difference between the world wide leader in sports and a small town paper still lagging in convergence content.