Interesting Site #1

Hulu

The first interesting website I would like to discuss is Hulu. While hulu is very visually appealing, I find that it is a little lackluster from a functionality perspective. While it isn't too bad to use on a full PC, the mobile app and especially the console applications are hard to use. My major gripe with the website is the difficulty in navigating to a show's information page from the hulu home page. When selecting a show to watch, instead of bringing you to that show's information page, it starts playing the show, and you then have to navigate to the show's information page from the video player.

Other than some minor gripes with the website, I find it interesting because of the suggestions it makes to the user regarding shows or movies that they might enjoy. Another aspect I find interesting is that moving the mouse over the figure for a show changes that figure. Generally there are just a few words of description, the title, and then the episode number, with an image in the background, but when one hovers over the object, a more in-depth description appears, as well as the rating, and sometimes the picture displayed even changes.

I would recommend this website if you are currently a student, because subscription comes packaged with Spotify premium for only $4.99/month, but otherwise, unless you're desperate for a cheap alternative to cable, it isn't necessary. Hypothetically, if this website and other streaming services were free, I would recommend it based on content, because it has a wide selection of television shows that are generally updated within a week of airing, and if not it's only a season behind. Like I said earlier, the mobile and console applications are a bit harder to navigate, but otherwise I have no major gripes with it.