I then looked at desktop vs. apps. Here I looked at the website New Scientist. Instead of comparing the desktop site with the mobile one, I had a look at the app instead. And unlike with desktop vs. mobile sites, the app is usually completely different. In this instance, the website houses a lot of information about the company and what it does, whereas the app dives straight into the subscription where you can read the online magazines. I have found it really useful to look at the differences between the websites and apps design. 

I had a look at different websites, both on desktop and mobile devices, I also looked at websites that had their own apps so that I could compare the effectiveness of the mobile layout. One website that I looked as is called Nautilus. Below as screenshots of the website loaded on a desktop and on a mobile device. It is clear that the website has not been specifically designed to be mobile friendly. However this is just one example and there were many others that had a stronger mobile layout. But I found it interesting to look at the differences between the desktop site and the mobile one.

Planning for my infographic, I decided to look into existing ones that focus on the eyesight of various animals. I found a useful selection on a website called Science Llama. Not only did I find some of the information to be quite useful, but it also gave me an insight as to how I should layout my own infographic. I have found that the display in which they present their information to be appealing and effective and so it is a brilliant starting point for planning my own infographic.

For my info-graphic I have drawn relevant animals to give an image of exactly what animal I am talking about, however, I am also including an image of the animals eyes, and for this I am going to use graphics created with the use photographs, in adobe Illustrator, so that I have an accurate representation of the differences not only in the functioning of their eyes, but of the appearance of them too. Below are the links to the sources for the photographs that I used to create my graphic images;

Bee’s eye

Snake eye

Parrot’s eye

The first few things I thought of for my website is the title and design/layout. I have looked into the conventions of online science websites to gather an idea of how I want to design my own website. What I did notice when looking at all of these different websites, was that for every website I came across that contained the topic of light wavelengths, the website was not there solely to inform on light alone, but for a range of topics that included the wavelength of light. This gives me all the more reason to design a webpage of a website that’s contents is solely informative about light.