Feb 04
Principles of Effective Web Design
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Smashing Magazine has recently published a very useful post on 10 principles of effective web design.
In the post, they discuss the movement of the users’ eyes and how people scan through a typical web page. One very important factor that I find is the effective web writing factor. This is extremely important as we all want our visitors to know what we offer is what they want within the first minute they visit our site.
The first principle touches on the golden rule, Don’t make users think 
I would say most visitors will exit your site if they find it difficult to find what they want. Keeping a web design simple is often the safest approach to start off.
Do take a look at this great post on the other 9 useful principles 
March 2nd, 2008 at 11:49 am
You’re right, these 10 principles are really important. I’m amazed at how frequently I find corporate sites that ignore some or all of them. Thanks for the reference.