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This blog show how designer make basic mistakes, while in design. Such mistakes depend upon viewers though. Here we are going to see such mistakes. Designer should be careful in selection of fonts, legible layout, our site should not get bore for visitors, alignment, & spacing. Let we discuss in detail.

Selection of fonts

Use fonts that are easy to read & standard font. Avoid usage of fancy script font that is very hard to read. Do not use tiny fonts because it is not visible and hard to read. Make your body text at least 12pt to make sure that your body text is readable enough. If not, people will have to provide large magnifier to read your article. Use common font like Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Georgia, or Times New Roman, which every people has in their computer.

Invisible colors for Links

Make sure that link color has different color with body text color. It helps your reader to identify which links they have visited and also help them not to visit the same links unintentionally.

Paragraph with no image on Long Articles

We should not give only text in paragraph without image because people will be bored if they see text only & they will leave your website once they are tired of reading your ocean of words article. Even though you have inserted images on your article, you should remember to separate some sentences with a paragraph. People will find it easier to read your article.

Heavy Flash usage

Flash usage will only make your website slower to open & it gives more chance for new visitors to leave you quickly. Reduce usage of Flash, unless it’s needed to explain something. Avoid websites which has Flash intro. They are really annoying & wasting time.

Unwanted Pop Ups

We hate websites which has unstoppable pop ups. It really annoys me. If anyone want to look for information, but the pop up interferes & wastes of time. People really hate pop ups.

Many more links for Articles

If we have more page or links for an article it shows people get bored to read it. Make it at most 1000 words with some image addition to make it more attractive than just a plain text. Make your words simple & understandable. Believe me, most people doesn’t like too long articles.

Body Text above Colorful Background

Most of good websites use plain color background to enhance its readability. If you use colorful background to make it nicer, you are absolutely wrong. It only makes people tired of reading your articles, because the body text color is blended with background image. Make your background plain & put image somewhere else where there are no text.

Too many advertisements

A website full of banner advertisement & Google ad sense present in any layout means people leave that website once you have done with it, or worse case, you will instantly hit close and move to another website. Good websites always place advertisement in proper places which aren’t bothering the main content of websites.

Designer should remember certain aspects to follow during our development.

• Use standard fonts with normal size of 12 points.
• Avoid unnecessary flash & ads.
• Proper alignment & equal spacing.
• Legible layout.
• Avoid more links & background for articles.

Reference:

http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/internet-web-design/3976-1.html

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/02/18/9-common-usability-blunders/

http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/basic-visual-web-design-mistakes/

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