Design User Friendly websites

Web Design is a very subjective topic. The design that I like very much may nor appeal even a bit to my customers. While having excessive images and DHTML effects on the website was considered as cool before 10 years, today it is considered outdated. As the web design industry has evolved over a period of the last few years, some unwritten laws have been formed about it, and almost all the web designer follow these rules.

Let us discuss a few things, which were considered cool before a decade but not anymore, so if you wish to make an user friendly website, remember to follow the points below. Although, also know that this are my opiniions but if you like what you already have on your website than let it remain, because as informed earlier web designing is very subjective.

1. Horizontal Marquee
It was the hottest thing to be had on a website and every other website had it's own, but that was before 8 years, not any more. A horizontal marquee takes up your space, however little, and it's a pain to maintain and update. Plus, it seems outdated, there are better ways than that to flash some news or the latest happenings.

2. Page Counter
Everyone wants to let people know how many visitors they have had on their websites, but for me, that's a big blunder. Why would you want to let anyone know if there are less visitors on your website. Web Visitors are concerned with finding what they want, if they get it, they are done with it regardless of how many visitors have come to your website. Also, this page counters are easily rigged and everyone knows that.

3. Excessive Images
A picture is worth a thousand words, but not on a website. In fact, on a website of you can replace an image by a thousand words, it will be more better. More words means more content for the search engines, while images take a hell lot of time to load, text content loads faster. People like to put every image they have on their website, avoid this ! Try designing a creative website which includes minimum number of images and maximum text matter.

4. Under Construction
Remember, no one likes to visit an incomplete website. If your website is not complete -- do not launch it. That is to say -- launching a website with half or no information is as good as not having a website at all. It is no point to lure a visitor by the chance of information on what he wants and than just providing an under construction sign --- it frustrates the website visitors and this is certainly no way to make user friendly websites.

5. Page Transition Effects
In a bid to make their web designs attractive, many web designers user page trasition effects like fade in, fade out, from circles and spirals to window shades. Sop it ! It's outdated. People want information and so provide them that. If you can do this at a fast rate than your website will become a favorite and the most user friendly website at that.

Web Design Temple, creates and maintains user friendly websites for our clients based all over the world in different countries.

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