Portfolio Comparisons

Ben Kling:

In Ben Kling's portfolio, he added in some mouse over flash functions, which is not only fun but it gives the user control. Once he adds these in, the user's attention is immediately caught. There is nothing too distracting from the main point on the webpage and nothing looks out of place.

 Ben Kling also uses white space very effectively. He divides everything up using the negative area. If you click on the link, you'll see that there is a lot of empty space on the webpage. This works very well because he kept everything simple. He used large buttons and pictures to communicate where each link would take the viewer.
If you go and click on one of the tabs, a few of them are divided into sub-categories. This is also very helpful for the viewer to find what they are looking for. He never plays with the user's patience, everything on his website is clean and simple.
Overall, Ben Kling's web portfolio is easily maneuverable and simple, which is exactly what the viewer wants.

Ken Wilson:

Ken Wilson's website has too much going on to look good, and that is honestly the main reason I find it to be terrible. The colours make it worse too of course. Nothing on the webpage catches the viewer's eye immediately. The negative space is not used effectively at all, everything is too crowded and the overall quality of everything on the website is terrible. I find it difficult to look at. The website contains far too many page tabs. The ones at the bottom should be the focus, not the 'who/what/where/when/why/how.' The viewer has to think of what they want to see on the website, which is not the idea of a portfolio webpage.
The pictures are a big part of the problem as well. There is no unity on the site that ties everything in together. The text on each page is spaced and formatted differently, which causes for more uncertainty from the viewer.
Ken Wilson's website is not simple enough which makes it difficult for the viewer to find what they are looking for.