What NOT to do in Web design

Posted on March 20, 2007 by Melissa Worden

Before you start your next multimedia project, take a look at Josiah Cole’s list of 19 things revenue-generating Web site designers should avoid. It’s geared toward ecommerce sites, but Cole — who doesn’t mince words — shares some thoughts that also are applicable to newspaper Web sites (which last I looked are also are trying to generate some revenue).

I like this point he makes:

“Technology for the sake of technology is silly and only belongs on your personal show-off site, or your own computer where not one will be exposed to its horrid creativity except you.”

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2 Responses to “What NOT to do in Web design”

Mindy McAdams on March 21st, 2007 11:20 pm

Thanks, Melissa. That is a GREAT list. Too true.
Beau Dure on March 22nd, 2007 9:29 am

General principles aren’t bad, but I’ll disagree with his take on giving options for low-bandwidth or RealPlayer. What would he say if he encountered one of the “English / Spanish / German” menus so common in my line of work? “Sorry, pal, English is universal.”

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