Dive Summary:
- Ozarks Technical Community College's new site design opts for a simple design over the infamously cluttered and hard to navigate sites college and university websites are known for.
- The school's new homepage resembles that of Google, with a giant search box as the center of attention and a small navigation bar along the top of the window.
- Users can still access the full website via a single click, but George Lamelza, director of web services at Ozarks, says that between 70-80% of people are choosing the search box over a click.
From the article:
College and university websites are infamous for being cluttered and hard to navigate, so when Ozarks Technical Community College decided to redesign its site, it kept it strikingly simple. ...