Comments on: Top 12 Usability Web Design Mistakes to Avoid

By: IT Security

IT Security — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 19:13:58 +0000

I want to be a web designer. So this blog is very important for me. I must obey that topics. Thanks for writing. Please keep writing.

By: Jenney

Jenney — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 09:58:32 +0000

Thanks

By: Rowan

Rowan — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:57:53 +0000

The biggie for me from a church website perspective is making it super-obvious where your service is, eg the when and where of where your church meets! If a first-timer visits your site odds are they want to know when and where you are

By: Allan Buckingham

Allan Buckingham — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:19:04 +0000

Some pretty useful things to remember, thanks for the reminder. It still surprises me that some of these happen, especially the no link to the homepage. I do find sites like that still though.

By: Esben Rasmussen

Esben Rasmussen — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:11:19 +0000

Great with tips – but as always with best practice tips – there are situations where it doesn't fit.

I work with a lot of municipalities and government websites – and they have a heavy focus on self service.

Therefore in those cases I have to disagree with 11). It may be beneficial to make the user go past the FAQ in order to get to the contact info – thus reducing the amount of calls to the helpdesk.

By: Roz @ 411 Brand

Roz @ 411 Brand — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:40:41 +0000

Good article!
However, I don't agree with 4) – that I should only have one navigation. If a page is long enough and the user has reached to the bottom of it, in order to use the navigation they'd need to scroll all the way up to reach the menu – which is ridiculous since people don't like to scroll infinitely. Therefore in my opinion repeating the main navigation or some part of it in the footer is a must – of course if it's done in a balanced and tasteful way.
I also can't seem to fully agree with 9) Violating linking conventions. I'd rather say that hyperlinks need to contrast well with the text and also, which is extremely important, they need to be consistent as well. In other words – the user should always be able to tell plain text from a link and a button from another.. something.
Cheers 🙂

By: AKS

AKS — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:12:47 +0000

Great resource about the common Website Design mistakes a designer must take care of. A neat and clean web design, easy navigation and effective content are must to have for professional websites.

By: Martin Oxby - SEO

Martin Oxby - SEO — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:25:49 +0000

Despite the myriad changes in website design, it's nice to see that the core issues really don't change – that being said, the links in your bio aren't underlined – but because they were in a contrasting colour to the rest, I could still tell they were links 😉

Thanks for sharing these!

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:17:27 +0000

I really liked your comments on poor web usability web design. There is no shortage of sites that have poorly designed the user experience and made navigating the site frustrating for users. The challenge for many site owners is the inability to modify their sites and the content within it with them without having to use a designer. As a result, there are sites with stale content and poorly thought out designs that add little value to visitors. There is a easy web design software that helps address this common problem.

By: amyhageruphealthtips

amyhageruphealthtips — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:49:11 +0000

I think I ranked pretty well except that I do have two menus. The top menu are the pages and the bottom menu are the categories. I used to just list the categories on the sidebar but I think they would often get overlooked there. I now have a home tab and a blog tab.