I looked around for quite some time to find an app website that appealed to me. I don’t have a hand held device so I’m not very familiar with the market. I found companies that sold apps but often failed to find a website for just one app. I eventually stumbled on a website which was a design showcase of web app designs. (http://sixrevisions.com/design-showcase-inspiration/35-beautiful-iphone-app-website-designs/)
The app that caught my attention was called Whisper. It’s an instant messaging app for iPhone and iPod Touch. It allows you connect via Wifi or Bluetooth so you can share contacts, sketches and pictures. It looks like it can be used as a white board for sketching while you are chatting. Evidently there is no server involved or cellular network to connect to.
Visually the website caught my eye because of the colors and the simplicity of the design. Most web designs today in my opinion look like a blog with a white background and boxes. I liked the black background and the bright green colors which gave it a slightly different visual quality. I thought the branding of the script logo sold the app’s function and I especially liked the cartoon like chat box with the I found the six boxes easy to view and it told a story without having to go through pages of information. The six photos complimented the mobile device image which included the app being viewed.
The website is functional and pleasing to the eye but not wildly creative. Even though the photos explained the app’s function, it would have been helpful to go into detail about the app somewhere else on the website. I would have called FAQ’s ABOUT and would have included some of the FAQ information and added one concise paragraph about the app. This gives the viewer the option to view the photos on the front page and more information on another page. The FAQ’s page also shifted when I clicked on it in IE8.
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