Tuesday, April 25  

An Example Of Silly Design

An Example Of Silly Design

It's a holiday here in Australia to celebrate ANZAC Day.

I'm in the office putting together a proposal for a client and part of that is reviewing competitor sites. As regular readers know I'm a strong advocate on making your web site as simple as possible.

I've just found a web site that would be almost impossible to use for a lot of people looking at it. I'm looking at it on a 19 inch monitor with a screen resolution of 1280 x 1024 (which is big) and here's what I see:

There Is No Easy Navigation

As you might see there, there is no simple navigation. It's way, way down the bottom (where no one would expect it or look for it). There is a type of navigation at the top of the page but I'd guess 50% of people wouldn't even realise that is a navigation aid.

It's crazy, fancy design that simple stops the visitor from buying from this company. And don't even get me started on the useless 'splash' page this site has.

Make your site quick to load, easy to easy and simple to find things. And make it informative, entertaining and ever-changing.

That's the way to web site success.

Cheers

Brendon