Comments on: Top Ten Web Design Pet Peeves

By: Ronnie Crabbs

Ronnie Crabbs — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:22:26 +0000

I was just about to write the same article! Beat me to it…You did it better anyway :p

By: FettesPS

FettesPS — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:44:10 +0000

Thanks, I submitted my list

By: Vince

Vince — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:23:53 +0000

Hey FettesPS, this top ten list is fantastic. I hate auto-play videos too, especially when I have the volume on high, or if it’s something embarrassing. All Flash websites is right up there too. You can post this to our site http://www.toptentopten.com/ and link back to your site. We are trying to create a directory for top ten lists where people can find your site. The coolest feature is you can let other people vote on the rankings of your list.

By: FettesPS

FettesPS — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:02:30 +0000

Right, which is exactly what I said

By: eSSential

eSSential — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:31:10 +0000

In response to “7 – Splitting Content”, the most common reason there are links to page 2, 3 and so on, is to force an ad reload or refresh. Some sites are paid by the number of click-throughs per ad and forcing a new set of fresh ads on each ‘page’ allows a greater amount and variety of ads to be viewed by the user.

I dislike the practice, but I just wanted to illustrate a secondary motive for the “continued on page 2″ decision on some web-sites (especially news-based sites).

By: CarolN

CarolN — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:49:12 +0000

Ugh, yes, I HATE “click here”. So bad for accessibility too. I’ve been trying to teach the members of a nonprofit whose members’ blog I maintain how to write good links, but they still use “click here” sometimes and are now just making random words into links.

And ugh, Matt@10:06, I totally agree on the navigate away thing. A different branch of the nonprofit I volunteer for asked me to add a notice saying “You are navigating away from this site; we are not responsible for any content blah blah blah” and I flat-out refused.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:54 +0000

Okay, I agree with most, except maybe that “click here” doesn’t bother me much. However, you missed the number one most annoying thing on the whole web: “Are you sure you want to navigate away from this site?” No, man, I sneezed and clicked the back button. OR: I was thinking about going back to slashdot, but now that you ask, I’m thinking maybe it’s not such a good idea after all. I’ll just spend the rest of my life navigating back and forth between your ad-infested, content-free pages. No need to ever actually leave here…

By: Phillip

Phillip — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:37:25 +0000

Where is Comic San Serif in this list?

By: Computing Tips

Computing Tips — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:30:16 +0000

I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.

By: el_commento

el_commento — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:56:16 +0000

First result: Adobe Reader.

Can’t say I’m surprised.