A few of the hypertext essays were effective in displaying their information. Generally, these sites had a nice mix between text and pictures, and formatted the pages in an intriguing manner. For my site, I'd like roll-over pictures on a few of the pages, as I saw in the 'Prison Industry' and 'Migrant Farm Workers' essays.
Typically, I enjoyed a color theme that wasn't consistent on every page, but was altogether functional and "easy on the eyes". I really enjoyed the color themes on 'Disparity at SCU' and 'Vietnamese Nail Technicians'. I thought their color schemes were clean, but varied enough to hold one's attention.
I plan on using a consistent button layout. I found it a bit tiresome to have to search for buttons because they moved during page turning. I want to be minimalistic about the button placement, so for stand-alone pages in my hypertext essay links will send one back to the main pages.
The essay about 'Low-Wage Strippers' seemed to me an example of what I want to avoid. The text areas, although not larger than the pictures, took up the screen because of their width. The color scheme never changed, and all in all I felt like there were too many pages.
I enjoyed the 'click to enter' page I saw on the 'Migrant Farm Workers' essay. It caught my attention, and I'll consider doing something similar.
All in all, I want my site to be clean, informative, attention-grabbing, and unique. I think simplicity will serve me well.
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I definitely agree with you on the success with the color schemes on the disparity website and the nail technician one. They are clean and effective in portraying their idea.
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