I thought this was a really interesting concept based on the feedback our team got this year...
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Originally Posted by Chris is me
How is a website worthy of an award if it has one but not the other? Websites need to be accessible and easy to read but at the same time without information they are worthless. I don't see how you could justify rewarding a team that neglects either of these.
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1511 has spent the past 6 years building up the site we have. We have many many pages of content & documentation, a forum, a wiki, a blog and SVN all built into our site. We were going for function and usefulness to our team, our sponsors and other teams. Several of our pages are linked on the
FIRST website. It ranks the highest of any FIRST teams I know in the "
how much is your site worth". We added a few "pretty" details... fancy buttons, the front page slideshow, etc. But for the most part, we kept the style and layout that our freshman student put together after our first year. The site is built for function.
Our feedback basically knocked us down for not "redesigning" our site every year. So stating it simply, that's how you could win function and not form.
Though, I'm not sure we need a longer awards ceremony, and there are certainly a lot of sites that have form & function out there, so I guess it gives us something to shoot for. (Though I still dont think I agree with having redesign your site every year)
Neat idea, but I guess I see it from both sides.