Friday, May 20, 2011

10 Principles Of Effective Web Design

1.Don't make users think
2.don't squander users patience
3.Manage to focus users attention
4.Strive for feature exposure
5.Make use of effective writing
6.Strive for simplicity
7.Don't be afraid of the white space
8.Communicate effectively with a "visible language"
9.Conventions are our friends
10.Test early,test often

Bad websites

Problems with these sites:
1.way to much information
2.they don't get to the point until later on
3.attention becomes limited
4.images are pushed together and in another case they are not very satisfying to look at
5.writing is smaller and enclosed
6.the websites are not simple they are cluttered with information
7.there is barely white space
8.communication is hard to make out because things are jumbled together
9.they try to make there website different but it ends up looking like a mess
10. everything is bunched together

It can be very distracting looking at websites like this because users are looking to find the key point they are looking for and when looking at these websites your eyes are everywhere but the actual thing you are looking for.It has bad formation and where they placed things,the colours are dull and uninteresting and overall it is a complete mess.

Here are some good websites:
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1 they scan and understand what it is telling them
2.straight to the point
3.catches a users eye
4.strives for exposure
5.effective writing
6.simple yet effective
7.leaves space
8.good communication
9.simple
10.all around good website

Overall these websites are clean yet bright, it gets straight to the point of what the viewer is looking for or wants to know.The pictures go with the writing and it works out.