The Science of Web Design

Originally Posted by InfTekHosting Web design is not a matter of creating a website that you feel is right.

yes it is. clients feed us peramiters and we design accordingly. we're the advertising experts, we know what people will deem "feels right". if we don't feel it, it'll be hard to the public to.

Originally Posted by InfTekHosting The majority of Internet users today are still using dial-up access. Because this is the case, it is important to keep your web design simple.

proof?

you can make a high-impact design without it becoming a resource hog.

Originally Posted by InfTekHosting Avoid using flash or other fancy graphics on your website. Unless you sell a service or product that can’t be found anywhere else, you will loose a lot of business because many customers won’t be willing to wait for your website to load.

proof?

Originally Posted by derek lapp yes it is. clients feed us peramiters and we design accordingly. we're the advertising experts, we know what people will deem "feels right". if we don't feel it, it'll be hard to the public to.

Hmmmm....the article police:

Ok, well.....I will play along.

And as an "advertising expert Derek," you already know that just because YOU think a design is nice and/or fully functional does not mean that is necessarily the best means of relaying the client’s message each and every time to promote maximum results for him or her.
This is our objective as experts right?

Originally Posted by derek lapp proof?

For the Dialup user vs Broadband comment: See the report below that shows that in the US alone, dialup still is on top! Not to mention the remote locations of the world that internet users do not have broadband even available in thier areas.

http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_...trends2006.pdf

Even in 1999 Derek,..... In a number that has been widely quoted, Nielsen reported that "if a web page takes longer than 7-8 seconds to download then a user is likely to lose interest". It is 8 years later and people are more impatient now than ever......especially with the growing Broadband population.

http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/res_load.htm

About 99.5% of our articles can be backed up by many publicy available online reports, surveys, and other related materials. Just use Google if you need proof please.

Derek, You are always welcome to comment on our other articles at http://www.inftekhosting.com/blog anytime!

I hope this helps you in your quest for proof.

Enjoy!

Just so you see my point on the "high-impact design" theory, see the screenshot taken of your personal website in my IE7 Browser running every Windows update available: Not all people know to update every browser plugin ever made to make your site load correctly.

Proof enough.