The Seven Deadly Sins of Web Design.

by brackin on 4/18/2012, 8:27 PM with 10 comments

http://visualidiot.com/articles/seven-sins

  • by Tmmrn on 4/18/2012, 9:21 PM

    Sin number 8: Your super cool effects only work on some browsers.

    Konqueror: http://ompldr.org/vZGZjeg/sin8.png

  • by Loque_k on 4/19/2012, 8:53 AM

    I appreciate the effort but that page, in itself, is a sin of webdesign... assuming everyone has an interface that supports hover, with mystery-meat.

    I honestly had no idea what was going on until I came to the comments as I first viewed it on my iphone... came to the comments here for an explanation.

  • by leephillips on 4/19/2012, 2:01 PM

    #8 is covered in other comments: relying on hover;

    #9: Annoying position-fixed advertisement that obscures part of your "article".

    But your pedagogical technique is sound: illustrate bad web design by designing your website badly, so we can see what not to do.

  • by on 4/18/2012, 9:02 PM

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  • by pselbert on 4/19/2012, 2:07 AM

    Attempted to read them in mobile, didn't see anything because I can't hover.

  • by yamalight on 4/18/2012, 9:28 PM

    I have one more: check your website with JS disabled

  • by danso on 4/18/2012, 8:56 PM