What do you guys like about websites?
what are some things that you like on websites? In other words, when you go to a site, what makes you say, "Wow, i love that."
i personally like sites with smaller font, and i also think links that open into smaller windows are pretty cool.
bja888 posted this at 20:48 — 5th April 2005.
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um.... simple but effective
Busy posted this at 22:25 — 5th April 2005.
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Dial up and (any) browser friendly sites
Sites you can view first thing in the morning (half asleep), middle of the day (in a hurry) or late at night (half asleep).
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Megan posted this at 13:07 — 6th April 2005.
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Small fonts are my biggest pet peeve. Please, make things easy to read!
I like sites with things that I want to read about (or talk about, look at etc.)
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dk01 posted this at 15:37 — 6th April 2005.
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I myself love a site that has great designs elements (draws the eye to content) but is unique and well coded. I don't know if I can put my finger on one thing. I really thing its the balancing act of all these areas that makes a page really great.
I really love Zen Garden though. Almost all of those are really beautiful sites (although some are too dependent on graphics).
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teammatt3 posted this at 16:09 — 6th April 2005.
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If you find a site that's hard to read press the Ctrl button and then scoll up or down with your scroll mouse.
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timjpriebe posted this at 16:23 — 6th April 2005.
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That's true, but they should be easy to read without having to do that. I think that was probably Megan's point.
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Megan posted this at 19:44 — 6th April 2005.
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Exactly. A lot of people probably don't even know how to do that. And, if fonts are defined in PX sizes, they can't be resized in all browsers.
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Renegade posted this at 04:53 — 7th April 2005.
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Also, if they are used in images and image maps, you can't resize them at all.
Yes, down with small font sizes! (pun unintended
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teammatt3 posted this at 17:56 — 6th April 2005.
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Yeah, I don't think text should be any smaller than 12px, but that little trick does help when you come accross a site with tiny text.
farmer_Tom posted this at 02:33 — 7th April 2005.
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I like sites that are simply coded but have advanced features (image maps, liquid images are awesome tools)
andy206uk posted this at 13:48 — 7th April 2005.
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Simple... minimum flash, easy to read and plenty of content. simplebits.com is a good example.
pmj7 posted this at 23:49 — 18th April 2005.
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Good content (something I want to know about), good design (again, a bit subjective) and attention to detail.
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MatW posted this at 01:13 — 21st April 2005.
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I love websites that are leaning toward an artistic flash design. Overall presentation is key for me.
Sonic_Wolf posted this at 01:51 — 17th May 2005.
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I think a lot has to said that many websites, from the most exotic and complex down to the most simple but effective all take a degree of skill and understanding to get working and maintained.
That for me is what I like about websites, theres a certain mystique and 'magic' to it that many folk on the 'outside' are impressed by. The fact that the websites have been created from scratch (most of the time) and a lot of time and effort has gone into them.
It certainly is akin to being a member of an exclusive 'club' being a webmaster. The Jedi Knights of the Internet perhaps?
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thing2b posted this at 10:16 — 18th May 2005.
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The 2 things I like about some sites are:
- Speed (Dialup)
- They provide me with what I want
- They do not require me to register in any way
JeevesBond posted this at 12:18 — 18th May 2005.
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This is so hard to answer - interesting to read though. I think the main points of content, speed, accessibility and useability are the main points that make a good website.
As for making me jerk-back in my seat and say: "Wow!" it takes something else that can't be defined, for example: http://www.joshuaink.com made me say wow at the design, whereas http://www.1976design.com amazes me because of the cross-browser functionality and the fact that Dunstan made the CMS himself.
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dojo posted this at 13:56 — 19th May 2005.
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I want to see a decent colour theme and another font than Times New Roman
I'm a bit shallow, I want to see the webmaster has invested some time into making a pleasant site, secondly I want to see good content. If the place looks nice and is "smart" I stick around and why not, even recommend it to others.
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wwwben posted this at 06:24 — 30th May 2005.
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Me I like to see sites that meet the following qualifications
1.Original deign (no templates)
2.NO ADS including Google Adsense
3.Have Interesting content
4.Designed for screen sizes between 640X480 and 1280X1024
5.Does not change my cursor or scroll bars
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