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Summary

 The topic of my first oral presentation was on a web site called "From Sucky to Savvy".  It was a list of things that you can do to make your web site sucky or savvy by Jeffrey Glover.  This page is the result of over 2 years of research and experience in creating web sites.  However, Glover does emphasize that you should create your web sites as how you wanted to look, to suit your personal taste and style.  Glover gave a list of the things that are sucky and savvy based on the feedbacks he got from internet surfers.

On the Sucky list:                                    On the Savvy list:
    Blink                                                            Flexible Widths
    Background Music                                   Thumbnail Graphics
    Loud Backgrounds                                   Height & Width Tags
    Frames                                                       ALT Tags
    Large Image maps                                  Contact Info
    Construction Signs                                    Be Unique!
    Scrolling Marquees                                  Optional Plug-Ins
    Javascript Alerts
    Ticker-Tape Status
 
 

Questions
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1.     If you had to choose 1 item to be on your sucky list and 1 item to go on your Savvy list,
        what would they be and why?  (Sheri Lieberman)

I choose the ticker-tape status as my sucky list  because I like to see the location of the site I'm heading to as well as how long I have to wait for that site and if my status bar is covered up, I can't see that.  As for my savvy list I'd choose flexible width because I hate scrolling to the sides to see the whole page...
 
   

I'm not sure what exactly Jeffrey Glover do.  I think he's a entrepreneur of some sort.  He has a kit that helps you set up your own web site and is selling it on his site.
   

Yes.  I think the author pointed out some of the good ones that makes a web site sucky.    

 I'll try to use as much as I can from the lists he suggested to make my site better, but I don't know if I'll do a good job of it. 
 
   

I think the amount of pictures would depend on the audience.  Some people like looking at a lot of pictures and others don't.  Also I think you should think about the downloading time.  You don't want you audience to get impatient waiting for your graphics to load or else they might just go to another site.
 
   

I do enjoy using HTML when I know what I'm doing and it's doing what I want it to do.  But most of the time it gets pretty frustrating, especially if you don't know what you're doing.  I don't think I'll ever be good at it, probably just adequate enough to get by.  I think it is worth while to learn HTML.  Now a days you don't need to know HTML to make a web page, but I think if you did know something about HTML, you'll understand how to make your page better.
 

7.     In your opinion, what are the essentials for a functional and savvy page?
        (Leon Mosher)

The itmes on Glover's savvy list are good things to incorporate into your web page as well as being simple and easy to navigate through.
 
   

People having trouble how to make their web page or having problems are probably the main reasons why someone would choose Glover's suggestion.
 
   

I think it would depend on the content of the web page.  If it was a personal web page I would like to see more persoanl touches to bring out the author's personality.  However, if it was a business or a government's page, then I would like a little sophistication.
 
   

Jeffrey Glover doesn't claim to be an expert.  He just did research on what internet surfers though was sucky and savvy about a web page.
 
   

Could be that he does represesnt the average  internet surfer.  I don't really know since I don't know how many peopel he has survery or how many people responded to his survery.
 
   

I'm not sure who exactly is Jeffrey Glover is.  As I said before I think his is an entrepreneur who is using the internet to sell his stuff.  His stuff being a kit on how to make your web page.  It comes with graphics, text styles, etc.  You don't have to listen to his suggestions on the sucky and savvy list.  He does emphasize that you should create you page how you like it.  The list is just some tips for people who wants the help.
 

13.   What do you think of the java scripts?  (Evelyn Moss)

I don't particularly like them.  At first I thought they were cool, but then it got old pretty soon.  I got tired of keep typing in all these irrelevent stuffs.

For my first presentation, it was pretty good.  I felt I knew the site materials well enough to present it to the class adequately.  The questions asked in class mostly had to do with the list and the author.  This presentation easier than I expected because of the material.  It was straight foward.  Overall I thought it was pretty good for first presentation.

Comparison

The oral presentation page are pretty much similar for all the classmates.   They all followed the instructions given by Dr.James on what to put on the page.  They were easy to read and navigate through.
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Suggestions

My suggestion for the future generation is to prepare.  Prepare for your presentation so you won't get flustered if someone ask you a question.   Also think up some provacative questions to ask your audience after your presentation, like what they think about your topic or whether or not they agree, etc.  It can gets a bit quiet after the presentation.  Remember, Practice makes it Perfect :)