The biggest mistakes in web design – what to avoid?

Posted by on January 30, 2011 · 4 Comments 

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by seier+seier

Question by SilverCat22: The biggest mistakes in web design – what to avoid?

In your eyes, what are the top 5 biggest web design mistakes? What would definitely cause you to leave a website – and visit no more?

Best answer:

Answer by HopelessHope
1. Lagging load times – limit graphics and splice them up into smaller more easily downloadable formats.

2. Lack of professionalism in design – Sites that look tacky will drive my business elsewhere.

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4 Responses to “The biggest mistakes in web design – what to avoid?”
  1. melody3470 says:
    January 30, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    the loading time bad graphics and pop ups

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  2. Elt says:
    January 30, 2011 at 4:50 pm

    1) Page load times
    2) Cheesy graphics (clipart)
    3) Sounds the user can’t turn off
    4) Animation just for the sake of animation
    5) Poor navigation

    Not necessarily in that order

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  3. sharon_salike says:
    January 30, 2011 at 5:49 pm

    Ditto to all of those.. But I would add bad spelling and language in the content to the list. And those pages that are nothing but links all jumbled together. And Bad contrast between text and background color. And clueless Flash design.. I think you get my drift..

    Here’s a site that hit the nail on the head for me.

    http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com

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  4. handsome_bigfella says:
    January 30, 2011 at 6:32 pm

    slow loading
    outdated content
    terrible design
    spelling errors
    pages that do not work

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