Sorry for the late post, but I ended up being a little busier than I had hoped. Since emotional design can apply to just about everything, I wanted to share a small example from a project I am working on. I have been in the process of re-writing my website and as part of that I have had to ensure that everything looks and feels as professional as I can, while still portraying the messages and feelings that I hope to get across. One of the pages I have built is designed around the 'Error 404' message that is given when you browse to a page that doesn't exist. Normally this page is plain and doesn't have any real ties to the website you were looking for. The goal of designing a new site is to give my users a better experience when they hit this page.
The design is plain and clean, keeping consistent with the overall look I hope to achieve for the site. The text is straightforward, but also much friendlier than the computer generated text that is normally displayed. Finally, it offers the users a chance to go the the main page of the site, or to let me know if there might be a problem. All of these factors will hopefully lead to better experiences for those who see the page.
So here is a look at the error 404 page content. Let me know what you think.
