Website Review of Craigslist.org
For this Website Review, I thought it would be fun to review Craigslist. I don’t know that there is anyone who hasn’t heard of, or even used Craigslist at least a few times. It has been around for well over a decade and hasn’t changed very much since the beginning. As the assignment requires, Craigslist uses thumbnail images that link into larger versions. There are left and right scrolling options on the thumbnails so a user can view all the images before deciding to go into the actual posting; this is a newer option on the Website. For the most part, however; the site looks and behaves quite similarly to how it did back when it first gained attention so many years ago. When scrolling to the bottom of the page, there isn’t a typical footer menu as we usually see on other sites. Interestingly though, it still has a link for “mobile” or “desktop”. Over the years, any of the changes on the website, seem to be subtle, yet, even with the basic and boxy appearance, it is still very easy to use. When checking the website on the W3C Validator, Craigslist fails miserably, but nonetheless, it is a website that I’m fairly confident, is here to stay. When something like, free, local classified ads, pair up with the freedom of the internet, it is easy to see, through Craigslists’ example, that there are times when a website can remain reasonably unchanged, yet, remain successful despite the constant changing trends.