Expand- - -ability

One Hundred Forty Ninth Post: Expand- - -ability

One of the major design problems of a website is not the graphics. Instead it is how the content is organized. Fancy graphics are nice, but the user must be able to navigate the site. Even if the content is interesting and organized well, there is the factor of adding additional content or expanding the site. My site Constructor’s Corner may not yet be difficult to navigate, but I have found that adding new content to the site can be a chore to manage links and menu buttons. I have yet to use cascading style sheets or other templates, but understand they may solve the problem. I like the way the site is designed even though it is not the most artistic or well designed site. The content is there giving the site some potential. My new site design will be experimented with Calculated-Curves.

One site that impresses me is Amazon. They have haven’t changed there style to much cosmetically, but under the surface they have an ever changing site with server side code and a huge database of users, product descriptions, and reviews. Changing a site so much hourly is impressive. But that is only one type of expansion....

One thing on small engines on tractors that race in fairs and college SAE formula racing is the speed of the engine. The thing that is lost in increasing the throttle speed by removing the throttle’s governor for a faster engine is fuel efficiently. More importantly with small engines if the carburetor is simple like it is in small engines, there will be only fast speeds. I have never participated in lawn tractor race but I am interested in how they speed them up. I my opinion the race is won with the carburetor and transmission. If the race team redesigned these components they would be sure to win. It is sort of like expanding the engines capabilities.

References: “Small Gas Engines,” Gray / Barrow