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July 3, 2008
10 Commandments of Web Design
(Filed under: Technology)We've learned about church web sites from John McCain and Barack Obama. But the lessons don't stop there.
Kem Meyer quotes a Business Week article, The 10 Commandments of Web Design. Here are four of the great bits:
- Thou shalt not abuse Flash. The technology can easily be abused--excessive, extemporaneous animations confuse usability and bog down users' web browsers.
- Thou shalt not clutter. The web may be the greatest archive of all time, but sites that lack a coherent structure make it impossible to wade through information.
- Thou shalt not overuse glassy reflections. Some experts say Apple's habit of creating glassy reflections under photos of its products has been far too commonly copied, turning the style element into a cliché.
- Thou shalt worship at the altar of typography. Designers say that despite the increase in broadband penetration, plain text has gotten a second wind in cutting-edge web design.
Posted by Joshua Cody at July 3, 2008 7:28 AM
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Rule #1 - not abusing flash, alls i can say is spot on! Personally I'm not a big fan of using flash in website design, a banner being as far as it should go imho!
Posted by: Neil at July 3, 2008 10:11 AM
Bravo. One more...never forget the target customer in the design; keep them at the center.
Posted by: SAL at July 3, 2008 11:08 AM
thou shalt not design websites to be like a maze.
Posted by: seanpdesign at July 3, 2008 3:43 PM
Hi
I read - # Thou shalt not abuse Flash.
I just add one think google and yahoo announced that their robots can crawl flash animation specially text - so flash is welcome to design in web deisgn >
http://www.webguru-india.com/blog/google-boosts-flash-indexing/
Deb
Posted by: Deb Web Design at July 4, 2008 3:51 AM
Thou shalt not have a separate site for every ministry on campus.
Posted by: Josh Lee at July 4, 2008 8:46 AM
A personal mantra of mine is:
"Thou shalt design as if thy mom could understand how to use your site."
Posted by: Micah Davis at July 8, 2008 7:36 AM
Great link
4. Thou shalt not overuse glassy reflections
That one got a chuckle out of me.
Posted by: Ryan Burns at July 11, 2008 9:02 AM
Hi!
Missed out an important element that makes an interesting website,didn't you? Content is an integral part of a good website design apart from other aspects of web designing.
Payel
Posted by: Payel at August 19, 2008 3:26 AM
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