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top 10 mistakes in web design
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:17 am
by phpScott
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A couple are outdated but still worth a read.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.
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:50 am
by malcolmboston
im guilty of number 3, and sites that ive built in the past, number 5
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:47 am
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*
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:09 pm
by Burrito
well guess I better jump on the wagon... 3 and 5 for me too

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:39 pm
by timvw
Worst mistake.... Forget to educate your users

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:23 pm
by onion2k
timvw wrote:Worst mistake.... Forget to educate your users

A decent website is designed so that the users don't need educating.
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 4:28 pm
by pickle
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

).
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:11 pm
by hawleyjr
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

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:59 pm
by timvw
Odd, i was about to mention i had seen someone with a very nice signature on this forum...

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:20 am
by onion2k
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.