Have you ever considered that your website may be annoying? When it’s comes to website design, knowing what visitors hate most is a must, unless you don’t want them to visit you again.
He is not the first to create what I like to call – “annoying website design”. Many webmasters, especially new webmasters are totally “in love” with their ideas and tend to go overboard with their design in one way or another. It’s nice to have an attractive header, but is it really necessary to assault the visitor’s mind with it? In my opinion, absolutely not!
Webmasters sometimes forget that their website design should send a message to the visitor that should reflect the website topic and not the programmer’s skill level. It should not be blames if you try to create a website that is vivid and appealing to your website，for example a full flash website design. That is a great idea, but remembers, if you rely on search engines a lot, you’d better think twice before you start to create a website with flash and video.
How Come a Website Design Can Be Annoying?
It’s not that hard to be annoying. However, some webmasters are much better than others at annoying their visitors. Check my top 5 list and decide for yourself whether you have been annoying your visitors.
Background music
please don’t play a midi/wav file in the background continuously on every page, unless you are operating an online internet radio station or sell music CDs,
Huge font size
If you are designing a website for people with a disability, you are doing the right thing, but if not then you are shouting. People don’t like it when someone shouts at them.
Small font size
Do you want to be heard? Keep a normal tone, don’t shout but “speak” in a reasonable volume.
Overlapping layers
Layers can be very useful up to the point. But not when they are being used to put an annoying message in the visitor’s face. Don’t try to force your visitor to read your messages. Try persuasion instead of brute force.
Popup windows
Even though popup windows are now blocked by many add on tools, webmasters keep using them. The annoying part of popups is sometimes we actually miss important information because of those anti popup tools. Haven’t you heard the old phrase “if you can’t beat him, join him”? Don’t use pop up windows. Put your important messages in a central place on your website.
Most likely each one of us has our own private top five lists. You probably have many more annoying design cases in mind. Well, you’re right, the list is much longer then that. I just wanted to describe some of the highlights in order to bring this important subject your attention.
Some of you are probably reading those lines and smiling while some others have a feeling a deja-vu. Keep in your mind that as a webmaster the last thing you want to do is put lots of effort into your website and then find out that your visitors hate it. It’s not a matter of taste, but it’s more about being the same polite person we all try to be when we go to a party.
