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28-April-04, 07:53 PM
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| Apex Tech Demi-God  |  U R T3h Suxx0r! The internet as we know it is a place where an average Joe or Jane can give themselves a voice about any subject, for any reason. Every day, more and more sites pop up, as more and more people get access. With all the sites that the internet has to offer for a user’s perusal, there are plenty of offenses that web developers can and do commit. So, without further blabbering from me.. Top Ten: Web Design No-Nos!  10. Unnecessarily long URLs, such as http://www.stfu-you-stoopid-clueless-noob.com. 9. Overuse of silly looking animated gifts, like flaming torches, dancing faeries, or falling hearts. They can make an otherwise great page look quite silly. 8. Blaring MIDI renditions of “My Heart Will Go On†or “Achy Breaky Heart.†Most MIDI music is annoying, these days, and these two songs might result in lots of hate mail from your page viewers. 7. Poor color combinations, like sunflower yellow backgrounds with light gray text. Funky background/text color combinations tend to tire out a reader’s eyes quickly, so instead of people wanting to know what it is your site is about, they run away screaming bloody murder. 6. Using fonts that visitors to your site might not have, like this one, for example. Use of a more universal font, like Arial might be the smart thing to do. 5. Gargantuan pictures splattered throughout the site that increase loading time by leaps and bounds, causing the visitor to rip out hair, throw things, and give up. 4. Backgrounds that are images that don’t fit with the overall theme of the site, or make the text a terror to read. 3. Using so much JavaScript on the website that you could single-handedly send the use of it flying out of style. 2. Annoying, distracting blinking text in bright colors that may very well induce an epileptic seizure. 1. Any sort of poorly designed button that says “Click Here!!!!†and reminds one of a greasy, annoying car salesman who is dying to get your attention. For more web sucky goodness, you can visit Webpages That Suck That's all for today, y'all!  | |
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28-April-04, 08:19 PM
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Says the man posting in blue on light blue. Just thought I'd point that out.  Thanks for the good (albiet obvious to most) tips though. Try not to read too many livejournals or geocities sites and you should be fine though.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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check if any of these apply to 
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28-April-04, 09:16 PM
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| Apex Tech Demi-God |
Thank you for the input. If my font color is hard on your eyes, let me know. That goes for everyone. By the by, I'm not a man. Just thought I'd point that out. As far as the post, it is meant to be lighthearted, but in some cases it is still relevant, because some people still do some of the things mentioned on my list. Trust me.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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28-April-04, 09:28 PM
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thank you. anathema, you are too right. so many new html learners overuse these things. i have an ebook, 100 things not to do in webdesign and those are all in there somewhere. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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