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Started by cfurneaux

1 year ago

There are always positive and negative aspects to good web designs. This topics is meant to discuss the negatives.

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1.	22 votes 428 pts	Do Not Auto-Start Any Media (Sound or Video) Unless I'm going to your page in order to watch a video or listen to a song, don't play the song or video for me. Nothing makes me leave a webpage faster. It's one of the biggest reasons I loathe MySpace. 3 Comments
2.	12 votes 231 pts	Go all Flash! Flame away 7 Comments
3.	8 votes 141 pts	Only test in IE7 Discuss
4.	7 votes 119 pts	Don't make it blink Remember <blink>blink</blink>? I'm so glad we have all agreed to evolve beyond that. 1 Comment
5.	7 votes 119 pts	Heavy on the Comic Sans Nees more cowbell Discuss
6.	6 votes 106 pts	Poor Text Alignment Poor text alignment, poor colour choices and miss aligning your text can really harm your site. Discuss
7.	5 votes 86 pts	Opening links in other windows Don't you hate when websites open links in other window (i.e., target="_blank"). Why don't they let me choose if I want to open them in other window or current one? 9 Comments
8.	3 votes 59 pts	Use the phrase "my user won't ever..." Examples: ...have more than 2 email addresses ...have a username longer than 25 characters ...put crazy, weird characters into anything ^$%$ß∂åß∂∂©©ß¥¥ˆ´∑∆˜∂ç˜µ. 1 Comment
9.	3 votes 51 pts	Large fixed-size tables What about tables with a width larger than your screen width forcing you to scroll right and left with each line you read? 2 Comments