Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 06/13/07 05:07

Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:

> On 2007-06-13, El Kabong wrote:
>> A Web site (http://www.virtualjoefriday.com) by Charles Lamm includes a list
>> of the top ten ways to irritate your Web site's visitors.
>>
>> 1. Pop Ups
>> 2. Extra Software Needed to View Site
>> 3. Dead Links
>> 4. Registration Required
>> 5. Slow Pages
>> 6. Out of date Content
>> 7. Bad Navigation
>> 8. No Contact Information
>> 9. No Decent Site Search Tool
>> 10. Disabled "Back" Button
>>
>> His site is worth a visit IMO because he does include some discussion
>> regarding each item which I did not include here. According to Mr. Lamm, the
>> list was based on "many surveys". It certainly includes several of my
>> greatest peeves (1, 2, 4, & 10)
>>
>> Did he leave any out?
>
> 11. Links that turn the same colour as the background on hover -- like
> the "File under" links on the site mentioned above.
>
> 12. Pages that do not adjust to the viewer's browser window -- like
> the site mentioned above.

13. Reading a loooong page of microfonts -- like the site mentioned
above.

14. Going to a page that takes a minute to load, on a fast cable
connection (probably his server) -- like the site mentioned above.

15. Using blue text -- like ... yeah, you get it.

16. http://validator.w3.org/ = Failed validation, 34 errors ... oh wait,
we weren't talking about technical flaws, were we?

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-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

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