Survey Questions and Answers (Summarized)

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Are there any websites that you find particularly engaging and useful? What are the specific features and/or design characteristics that you like and why?

• http://www.co-oplaw.org/
  • narrow and specific focus, full of easy-to-find information
• https://techaction.nyc/
  • interactive, useful, entertaining
•  https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org:
  • very simple, basically a wordpress site, but does a good job of conveying information. 
  • Any well-designed advocacy and research news blog could be a good example
• Airbnb https://www.airbnb.ca/ 
  • visual appeal
  • clear call to actions
  • showcases what it is all about by displaying a large number of interesting examples on the landing page
• World Economic Forum https://www.weforum.org/ and the Climate Action Tracker websites https://climateactiontracker.org/ 
  • information on various topics and areas arranged in drop-down boxes
  • pill buttons, etc. 
  • Focus on freely flowing, coherent, nested HTML and CSS elements over slower-loading and less flexible JavaScript elements, 
  • Succinct descriptions of the purpose of each page, and what users can hope to do with the information on each page. 
  • clear, bolded, elements of the site that encourages and entices users on how they can take action on issues.
    

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