top 10 mistakes in web design

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top 10 mistakes in web design

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My boss sent me a couple of links about web design and where most sites fail.
I thought the articles would make interesting reading for those here.
A couple are outdated but still worth a read.

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9605.html

scroll to the bottom of the page for more.
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im guilty of number 3, and sites that ive built in the past, number 5
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Post by theda »

I'm guilty of both 3 and 5, but in Firefox, my font-sizes are ignored anyway. It only works in IE/AOL... which is pretty much the majority. and I'm working on finding a good color that would fit my site that indicates past pages

That website is extremely useful. *bookmarks it*
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Post by Burrito »

well guess I better jump on the wagon... 3 and 5 for me too 8O
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Worst mistake.... Forget to educate your users :P
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timvw wrote:Worst mistake.... Forget to educate your users :P
A decent website is designed so that the users don't need educating.
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onion2k wrote:A decent website is designed so that the users don't need educating.
In my *professional* opinion, it's impossible to make a website that 100% of visitors can navigate without instructions (you'd agree too if you'd heard some of the questions I get asked :) ).
Real programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
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pickle wrote:
onion2k wrote:A decent website is designed so that the users don't need educating.
In my *professional* opinion, it's impossible to make a website that 100% of visitors can navigate without instructions (you'd agree too if you'd heard some of the questions I get asked :) ).
Muh ha ha ha I think my signature says it all :D :D :D
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Odd, i was about to mention i had seen someone with a very nice signature on this forum... ;)
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pickle wrote:
onion2k wrote:A decent website is designed so that the users don't need educating.
In my *professional* opinion, it's impossible to make a website that 100% of visitors can navigate without instructions (you'd agree too if you'd heard some of the questions I get asked :) ).
In *my* professional opinion you're wrong. Everything should be clear and obvious. If it isn't then you've screwed up.
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