Comments on: Avoid Web Design Mistakes

By: attagirl

attagirl — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:16:32 +0000

But then the question really is what is considered to be unpleasing to the eye or not considered to be professional as each designer may have different tastes and will not always have sites that appeal to the million of visitors that might go to the site. There are times that some things are less desirable than others but for the most part anyone who designs on a professional level has done this many more times that you might think.

By: Froix

Froix — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:29:55 +0000

I’ve had similar problems but not just in page loading. When I was using Firefox I sometimes encountered sites where buttons didn’t work but they worked on IE. I use Opera now and I get similar problems occasionally. Designers should test their site on popular browsers.

By: vttop

vttop — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:11:20 +0000

Good point made by Datrz about being aware of how a website loads in browsers other than the ones you use, especially for firefox and IE. When I was new to the cyberspace and was reading on ecommerce and a profitable niche, I lost out on several informative websites due to the excessive time they took to load their content. It’s said that graphics on the websites are good because a lot of us are the visual kind and associate with graphics better and quicker than wading through a bunch of text but too much graphics does more harm to the site than help.

By: Dartz

Dartz — Sat, 24 May 2008 20:20:27 +0000

You need to be sensitive to the needs of other browser users as well. Being a Firefox user, I’ve noticed that one nasty problem with it, is that a PDF will hang it until it fully downloads, when said PDF could’ve been made out of nothing but text.

I’ve also noticed on news sites that they take too damn long to load. I’m NOT going to sit here for 15 minutes just to find out what celebrity is sleeping with which rapper.

Filling it with bells and whistles is just pathetic, I know what day it is, I have a watch on, I know what the weather outside it, and I don’t give two damns about the price of tea in China.

By: Jherek

Jherek — Sun, 18 May 2008 12:53:13 +0000

Kyle- I completely agree with you. I despise “talking” ads. The smiley one that yells “Hellooo!” when you accidentally scroll over it is my arch-nemesis in life. =P Things like this end up just being a frustration to visitors and a reason to not “bother” visiting a site… and if visiting a site becomes a bother, then you haven’t done your job very well.

By: Somnilocus

Somnilocus — Sat, 17 May 2008 19:31:14 +0000

I think I agree with everything in this post. Music is incredibly annoying, especially in the middle of the night when you forget to turn your speakers off, and suddenly cheesy musics starts to play, and the next morning the rest of the family is looking at you with “angry eyes,” haha.

Flash is pointless. You can make a beautiful website without it.

What’s most important is easy navigation, readability, and a professional, unique design. Yes, design is just as important as content.

By: bluet

bluet — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:43:10 +0000

I think too many websites do not use Flash in the right way. If you have the creativity, you can use Flash effectively and the website remains very readable and of course, more interesting for the readers. Other websites care too much about the content and end up with a boring design which is just as bad as a poorly designed over flashed website. It is all about finding the right balance between good content and good design.

By: bluet

bluet — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:12:42 +0000

Its very important to have good content for the readers. Easy to read, useful and fun. Sometimes however websites with lots of content do not have a nice design so it ends up kind of unbalanced and not a pleasing experience for visitors. Some sites care too much about the design, and others do the opposite. What is important is to have a balance of both.

By: alpha

alpha — Sat, 03 May 2008 01:30:31 +0000

I tend to think that music (or those talking ads) is way more annoying than anything else. I use my computer in an area where I don’t want to disturb a lot of people. So those ads that suddenly come on and start talking in loud voices only convince me to NEVER buy their product. I’m not talking about the ones you have to click on or follow a link, but the ones that pop up when you accidentally mouseover them.
I do use headphones a lot, but not all the time.

By: Chris2k5

Chris2k5 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:37:42 +0000

I think another poor mistake a web designer makes is using poor color choices in their designs.

Bright vivid colors make your website look like MySpace profiles literally.

Flash can be annoying but I think it is great and professional if you use it in the right way. Flash in the main banner or logo is fine.

And I definately agree that navigation is one of the biggest things. People try to make things too fancy now a days.