What is Good Web Design?

What is Good Design?



• No frames - Jakob Neilson's response (see his paper on 10 top mistakes in web design)
• The design must be related to a user's tasks
• A well-designed site downloads quickly
• A good design doesn't break browsers
• No gratuitous backgrounds or animation
• Should be internally consistent
• Should be externally consistent in use of navigation (Jakob Neilson's comments on need for standard navigational aids such as not changing colours of hypertext links)
• Variety in navigational aids (David Siegel's response)

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