7 Characteristics

Style

The style in all these websites has different grunge elements, which gives the design a more realistic, genuine look, a look you would expect to see in real life. 

Colour

Most of the colours in these sites are dull or dirty colours such as black, grey, and brown. Even though these colours don’t necessarily look the best, they have a more natural and subtle feel. 

Content

The content in all these sites are different. The contents are comedy, outdoor adventure, music, art, and personal. Even though the contents are different, they all have a similar style. 

Sections

The main menus are located on all of the sections, which are all linked to each other. Flash websites usually have one main page, which has links to sections that show in one area of the page. 

Simple Layout

The layouts are fairly simple in that there’s a grungy background. The header has the title of the website and an image. Below the header, these websites have 2 or 3 columns, and at the bottom is the footer that also has some kind of grunge or plain look. It is common for the main buttons on the pages to be below the header but now a lot of websites place them in various areas of their sites. Usually in websites the main information is in one column with images, and links/dates/brief information is in the other. 

Navigation

The navigation in all these websites is easy and common sense. The websites that have information squeezed in are a bit confusing for the reader and forces people to think while navigating.

Title Location and Visibility

All the titles in these websites are located at the top left of the page except for one that is located at the top in the middle. This is common in nearly every website you see because you read from left to right and top to bottom so when people first look at a website they want to make sure what the site is first.