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Mistakes to avoid in webdesign?

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08-07-2005, 08:46 PM
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I'll start.....

1. Avoid using heavy drop shadows on text.

Let's keep this list going and hopefully at the end we can have a great resource for new designers!

08-07-2005, 08:51 PM
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2. Using lots of bevel and emboss in the wrong way.

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3. Contrast: make sure 80 year old ladies can read your site so all of us young wipper snappers can read when we are 80.

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4. Frames. Just don't do it. I've only ever come across one occassion where they were actually appropriate, (a couple of weeks ago in fact, when I created a little test utility at work for testing post/pre CSS layouts side by side).

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5. rip... obviously

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6. Too many different varieties of fonts - stick to a minimum of clear, readable fonts.

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7. Changing the icon of the mouse - the standard is the pointer for a reason.

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8. using a million diff colors, fonts, and other elements that dont flow

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9. Using the line "but I was inspiried!" when your website looks like 10 others.

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10: Music, especially with no way to stop it.

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