Does Amazon and Ebay use form elements

After looking at ebay and amazon both websites use forms.  Amazon uses forms by using the list/menu when selecting an item.  Ebay also uses this feature to make it easier for the customer to purchase a product.  Both websites also use forms by having a text field for the customer to write what product they want to buy and writing in the name so it will take them to that page.

Remaking a webpage

The webpage I will be working on is the Northeastern Illinois University, language learning labatory webpage.  The webpage has a hard to read links on the left hand side of the webpage so I will rewrite those in Fireworks.  There is also unused space at the bottom of the webpage so I will get rid of that.  The text also runs into the edge of the box they used so I will leave a space so the text is not so close to the wall.  The site is 

http://www.neiu.edu/~fldept/flanglab/

Animation used for Ebay and Amazon

The animation for Ebay and Amazon was hard to find.  For Amazon I went to view, view source using the school's Mac computers and I could not find a animated gir or flash animation to save my life.  Amazon uses a flash animation which is an AD for bank for America.  Ebay did not have any form of animation because there was already enough happening on their page and there was zero animated advertisements like Amazon.  The Ad on Amazon does not continue continuously.  The viewer roles the window down for the dog and he sticks his head out the window.  The Ad is located near the bottom of the screen and i could barely notice it with all of the great products i could buy right in front of me.  

Using CSS with Amazon and Ebay

Amazon and Ebay both use CSS.  When I went to View, View source using Safari their code was extremely long and they had an internal source.    They use a style sheet and also use java script, their page is pretty advanced and I was easy to get lost.  They definitely have advanced tags with all of the information on their website.  Ebay also has an internal source, they use css because they had div tags.  Both Ebay and Amazon use  advanced tags such as bold or underline and to arrange their products they sell on their website.  

Navigation

The navigation for Amazon is great. When you scroll over text the letters become distinguished so you know which one you are picking. There are also smaller pictures so when you click them it takes you to another window to give the details of that product. E-bay is practically the same set up. The navigation is very convenient for both sites and rollovers are great to know it is a link.

Background Images and Textures

The background images chosen for ebay and amazon and white backgrounds with images placed on top of them.  Each website is designed this way to make shopping easier and to see what you are buying, not the pretty background.  Amazon has a blue header with text on the side.  The site is very background friendly because it does not take away from what you are looking at.  Ebay is also very friendly, they use yellow headers to grab your attention but they do not use too much zing to distract the viewer.  For my webpage i made a grey background, hopefully it will not distract the viewers from what they see.

Type

For the website I chose Amazon, a lot of their heading fonts are made in either Fireworks or Adobe Photoshop because you can not highlight the text.  Amazon also left the text very basic and stuck with an Arial font.  I do not know much about fonts but I believe this is what Amazon chose as their fonts.