The Basics Of Designing A Website

The 10 useful usability findings and guidelines are very useful for anyone that quite frankly hasn't used the internet for more a week. Maybe it is just how much I've used the internet myself but this almost seems like second nature to know these things. It just comes with experience to know most of these things. Things such as using blue for links, label above the field, and how users don't scroll and are immune to ads now. Google was a huge influence on the blue links and I feel as if the rest of the internet followed that example. I know myself, that I am completely immune to ads. Ads are always in the same areas, beneath all of the important information given by the site.

This in turns goes into the point of users don't scroll because most ads are beneath the fold. Which I still don't believe the study used in the article. I am curious who they used for this and how the study was conducted because in my own experience, nearly everyone scrolls around to see more of the website than is just above the fold. If they just brought random people on the side of the street, they're not reaching everyone which is crucial. The article does bring up how people look for faces right away which I believe is very true. I think we are typically looking for something to catch our eye and most ads provide an attractive person to look at, which is very effective.

The most important issue I believe brought up in this article and we need to think about every time we are designing a site is that the quality of our designs heavily influence the credibility of our sites. Credibility is so crucial too. Especially if it deals with purchasing anything, many people are worried about their information getting into the wrong hands and a sloppy website definitely has the power to push them away. I can't stress enough how important it is to keep it clean and to the point.