The BBC website is one of the most interactive popular websites on the web. The homepage is almost completely customisable, with each section acting like a widget. Each box can be arranged as to how the user wants, and boxes can be added or removed depending on what the viewer wants to see. The user can also choose whether to see the boxes in their expanded state, or collapsed state when they arrive at the website. Within boxes, one can identify their regional preferences. This flexibility allows the user to filter information according to their needs.
The Guardian website shows a vast amount of information on each page and thus requires a well thought-out and well constructed design. A series of fixed toolbars allows easy navigation. The text is placed upon a rollover image that allows for interactivity as well as indicating one's location on the website. For example, the red arrowed box on 'news' indicates that the text following it are subsections of 'news'.
Below the taskbars are a system of four columns. The column to the left contains the headlines and is built like a blog or feed. The two central columns contain features, with a sports feature spanning both columns at the top. Less important information such as sponsors and links are listed in a narrow column on the right. In many ways, this system can be parallelled with the design of newspapers, but the concept has been optomised for web use.
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