Evaluation of website design



Evaluation of website design

Introduction

Microsoft Corporation is known as world leading multinational software company, operating from all around the globe. Microsoft was founded on April 4, 1975 by Bill Gates and his friend Paul Allen, and its head quarter is situated in Redmond, Washington (Heimlich & Wang, 1999). The company is known for producing innovative licensed software, and other computer related products and services to its valuable customers. According to the CEO of the company, employees of our company, get pleased by evaluating the response from the customers regarding their products, and get motivated to enhance their performance, by producing excellent product and services for the company. Microsoft business is divided into eight categories including online service division, server and tools business, Microsoft business solution, windows phone division, Skype, Microsoft interactive business environment.

Discussion

Evaluation of Microsoft website design

Being the world's leading software multinational company, it has created its website, in such a way that it gives the company a competitive advantage over its competitors (Williams, 2008). Website of the company provides detail information about the company history, its mission and vision statement, products and services, latest accomplishment, and numerous other important activities. However, this section would evaluate the website of Microsoft using four basic principles of web designing. Alignment

The first basic principles of Web designing explains that every element on the web page is connected with one another. Elements in the main page that is also known as the home page comprises of text and graphics, which are positioned horizontally, and vertically. A web site build according to the standards of first basic element looks appealing to viewers, loyal customer, and becomes the major factor of attracting new users (Zhang & Dran, 2000). The website of Microsoft is created by keeping in view the concept of alignment, as at ...