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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Ten Commands of Web Design

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Posted by elmartien |

Ten Commands of Web Design

The user must know what the site about in seconds: If a visitor can not figure what your site is about in a couple seconds, he will probably just go somewhere else. Your site must communicate why I should spend my time there, and FAST!

Do not use fancy fonts that are unreadable: If your main objective is to deliver a message and get the visitors reading your stuff, then you should make the process comfortable for them.

Do not open new browser windows: Let the user control where he wants the links open. There is the reason why a browsers have a huge " Back" button. Do not worry about sending visitor to another website, he will get back if he wants to.

Do not resize the user’s windows: The user should be in control of his browser. If you resize it you will risk to mess things up on his side, and what is worse you might lose your credibility in front of him.

Do not require a registration unless it is necessary: Do not force them to register up and leave their email address and other details unless it is absolutely necessary

Do not overuse flash: apart increasing the load time of your website, excessive usage of flash might also annoy the visitor.

Do not play music

Use css over html tables: HTML tables were used to create page layouts. With the advent of CSS, however, there is no reason to stick to them. CSS is faster, more reliable and it offers many more features

Make sure users can search the whole website: there is a reason why search engines revolutionized the Internet. You probably guessed it, because they make it very easy to find the information we are looking for. Do not neglect this on your site.

Use text navigation: text navigation is not only faster but it is also more reliable. Some users, for instance, browse the Internet with images turned off.

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