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Good and bad design

Good and bad design. Unit 14 Website Design HND in Computing and Systems Development. Bad design features. The following list has been collected by the authors of The Non-Designer's Web Book, Robin Williams and John Tollett. Backgrounds. Default grey colour

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Good and bad design

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  1. Good and bad design Unit 14 Website Design HND in Computing and Systems Development

  2. Bad design features • The following list has been collected by the authors of The Non-Designer's Web Book, Robin Williams and John Tollett

  3. Backgrounds • Default grey colour • Colour combinations of text and background that make the text hard to read • Busy, distracting backgrounds that make the text hard to read 

  4. Text • Text that is too small to read • Text crowding against the left edge • Text that stretches all the way across the page • Paragraphs of type in all caps • Paragraphs of type in bold • Paragraphs of type in italic • Paragraphs of type in all caps, bold, and italic all at once • Underlined text that is not a link 

  5. Links • Default blue links • Blue link borders around graphics • Links that are not clear about where they will take you • Links in body copy that distract readers and lead them off to remote, useless pages • Dead links (links that don't work anymore) 

  6. Graphics • Large graphic files that take forever to load • Meaningless or useless graphics • Thumbnail images that are nearly as large as the full-sized images they link to • Graphics with no alt labels • Missing graphics, especially missing graphics with no alt labels • Graphics that don't fit on the screen  

  7. Blinking and animations • Anything that blinks, especially text • Multiple things that blink • Rules that blink or animate • "Under construction" signs, especially of little men working • Animated "under construction" signs • Animated pictures for email • Animations that never stop • Multiple animations that never stop

  8. Junk • Counters on pages -- who cares • Junky advertising • Having to scroll sideways • Many little pictures of meaningless awards on the first page • Frame scroll bars in the middle of a page • Multiple frame scroll bars in the middle of a page 

  9. Navigation • Unclear navigation, over complex navigation • Complicated frames, too many frames, unnecessary scroll bars in frames • Orphan pages (no links back to where they came from, no identification) • Useless page titles that don't explain what the page is about 

  10. General Design • Entry page or home page that does not fit within standard browser window • Frames that make you scroll sideways • No focal point on the page • Too many focal points on the page • Navigation buttons as the only visual interest, • Clutter • Lack of contrast (in color, text, to create hierarchy of information, etc.)

  11. Nominated bad web sites • https://www.healthcare.gov/ • http://cavs.mit.edu/ • http://www.dsrny.com/ • http://www.reforms.net/ • http://www.johnprocario.com/ • https://www.touchofmodern.com/ • http://www.spectrumpowderworks.com/ • http://www.bolenreport.com/ • http://www.wrdaonline.org/ • http://www.bombshell201x.com/

  12. Exercise • In pairs • Take one web site from the previous page • Analyse and determine • What is the purpose of the website • Who is it aimed at • What features make it bad • How would you improve it • Present back to the class

  13. For next week • Research and create a list of good web design features • Fully reference your sources • Be prepared to present your results

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