Bad Design Features

Below are features that can make a web design look dorky.

Backgrounds
Default gray color
Color combinations of text and background that make the text hard to read
Busy, distracting backgrounds that make the text hard to read

Text
Text that is too small to read
Text crowding against the left edge
Text that stretches all the way across the page
Centered type over flush left body copy
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

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
Text links that are not underlined so you don’t know they are links
Dead links (links that don’t work anymore)

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 (assuming a screen of 640×460 pixels)

Tables
Borders turned on in tables
Tables used as design elements, especially with extra large (dorky) borders

Blinking and animations
Anything that blinks, especially text
Multiple things that blink
Rainbow rules (lines)
Rainbow rules that blink or animate
“Under construction” signs, especially of little men working
Animated “under construction” signs
Animated pictures for e-mail
Animations that never stop
Multiple animations that never stop

Junk
Counters on pages–who cares
Junky advertising
Having to scroll sideways (640 x 460 pixels)
Too 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

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

General Design
Entry page or home page that does not fit within standard browser window (640 x 460 pixels)
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, especially when they’re large (and dorky)
Cluttered, not enough alignment of elements
Lack of contrast (in color, text, to create hierarchy of information, etc.)
Pages that look okay in one browser but not in another

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Robin Williams,

http://www.ratz.com/featuresbad.html

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Website Design Tips – Good Website Design

The design and layout of your site is the next most important part of building a website. Make a bad choice here and it won’t matter how great your content is or how much advertising you do. If your site looks bad no one will visit and those that do won’t stay long or buy anything.

Choose your colors carefully and keep in mind that your tastes may not be appealing to your target audience. Try a few different color schemes and ask some of your friends or family for their opinions about them. And remember this term, “white-space”. In general, white-space is the cornerstone of good website design. Keep the background areas where your information or products will be displayed white or another light / pale color. Dark or oddly colored backgrounds distract your visitors from your information and also can make it difficult to read. Background images are also a big don’t for the same reasons plus they make your pages load more slowly. Colored text should also be used sparingly. Contrast is key, otherwise it can be very difficult to read. Here’s an example. Try to use colored text only to emphasize important information. If you choose to use a color other than black throughout your site make sure it is dark.

The layout is how things are arranged on your pages. There are many different ways to display your content and we’ll cover that a bit farther down the page. What we’re going to discuss here are the elements that frame your content such as your navigation menu buttons, any graphical accents, logos, etc.

The name of your website, domain name, or business name should be prominently featured somewhere at or near the top of your pages either within your logo or near it. And it should fit within the typical boundaries of the page. If you make it too big or it contains too many words then it will stretch your pages so wide that most visitors won’t be able to see the whole page unless they scroll sideways. Very annoying, and definitely not good website design. More about this later.

The placement of the navigation buttons or links of a website are usually placed in one of 3 different areas of the page. Across the top of each page or down the left or right side. The eBizWebpages.com Site Builder also allows you to automatically include a second set of navigational links at the bottom of all your pages. Regardless of where you choose to put them try to keep the text on the buttons or in the links as short as possible. Anything longer than one or two words will cause that part of your layout to be too wide and crowd your content area.

Where your navigation buttons or links appear on your pages should be decided by the number of main or primary pages you will have in your website. Primary pages are the pages organized just below your home page in the structure or diagram of your website.

In general, you can only fit up to 8 buttons (maybe less depending on how much text you use) across the top of your pages and if you choose that layout then how the subpage page links are displayed also may have a limitation. Some layouts with top page primary page buttons will also display subpage links in a second row across the top and others will display them down the left side of the page.

Navigation buttons down either side of your pages don’t run into any limitations due to the endless amount of vertical space on every page. Remember though that the amount of text on the buttons will greatly affect the amount of space for content.

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I have a 97 Ford Mustang in addition to a 2004 Ford Crown Victoria

This nice video shows some pictures for Ford mustang different generations

YouTube for Mobile officially launched in Beta

After much efforts of creating YouTube players for mobile devices like emTube, Avot mV and YTPLayer, YouTube have finally released a beta of the official mobile YouTube client. YouTube for Mobile is a Java app that should in theory run on any smart handset, but for the moment YouTube claims it is only suitable for use with the Nokia N73, N95, E65, 6110 and 6120 and the SonyEricsson k800 and w880 phones. Since it is JAVA it should run on more wider variety of phones so i hope YouTube will make it available soon.

Access millions of YouTube videos at any time right from your mobile phone. This downloadable application puts YouTube in your pocket.

Which videos are hot?
Access the latest, the best and the most viewed videos.

Search…
…and watch any YouTube video.

Stay tuned
Watch your subscriptions, playlists and favorite videos any time.

Upload
Upload videos directly from your mobile phone.

To install the application you need to do the 4 steps below:

1. Using your phone browser go to: http:// m.youtube.com/app
2. Follow the instructions to download YouTube
3. Exit your phone browser
4. Find the YouTube icon on your phone and start watching videos

Enjoy:)

How to Search Google Fast from your Windows Mobile or Symbian Phone

Optimizing your searches, like search time, relevant results, etc, has always been Google goals to make you satisfied. Their philosopfy steps on the foundations of the terms “fast search, fast email, fast everything“. Now they have decided to reduce your search time with creating tine but nice apps, which will let you search Google straight from your Smartphone today screen. The application is called Google Search and is available for Windows Mobile operated Pocket PCs and Symbian phones.

The software is plug-in for that put a Google Search shortcut onto the phone’s home screen. The purpose of this shortcut is to reduce the time it takes for you to get answers from Google by eliminating the initial search steps like finding the browser application, opening it, and navigating to Google.com before entering your query.

Here are Google Search screenshots from Windows Mobile and Symbian devices along with video how it works on Nokia phone.

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