in The Language of New Media Design simplistic non linear models are detailed and highlighted. These are what we discussed in our last class meeting about how we will design our web page. These consist of a design that outlines diagrammatic images and styles such as a tree and star etc.

The star model is the most easily recognizable and most basic model. There is a centered idea and premise detailing the website and then it breaks out into a larger arms with more detailed information that is either related or strictly unrelated. This model is extremely nonlinear. There are many sites that explore and utilize this model, but the main premise is to have the focus be in the center of the page and then expand out to the arms and explore other areas of content.

Tree models are also one of the most prevalent styles on the Internet and in publications as well. There are vertical listings of important links and information and as well as horizontally. An example of this is the UWL homepage and also eBay. This is a combination of two models as there is still important information that stems from a center point of the page, similar to the star.

Personally, I don't believe that it matters what the content of the page is, but more importantly, how the information is mapped out on the page.