Comments on: 5 Timeless Usability Principles for Website Designers

By: Mike Osborne

Mike Osborne — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:12:41 +0000

Except that “about” has become a de facto standard – so people will be looking for that word rather than “who we are”.

By: Cardiussy

Cardiussy — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 07:30:01 +0000

Thanks a lot! These tips were very useful for my site, currently I am wirking on usability.

By: Laurence Caro

Laurence Caro — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:19:21 +0000

Great points on usability. Really nice article. Cheers. LC

By: Yacht Davits

Yacht Davits — Fri, 21 May 2010 09:58:24 +0000

Good points of usability. I forward this post my designer and tell him focus on these point. Thanks…

By: Namjies

Namjies — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:26:49 +0000

Yes, it seems very accurate. I’m pretty novice in desiging. I’m more of a coder (PHP/Apache url rewrite/structuring) than a designer. But I always like to have logo top left, navigation right under as a bar or a left navigation.

Guess I’ll have to start getting into a professional set of graphic tools if I’m to catch up with the best design firms.

By: Tiffany Reed

Tiffany Reed — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:41:41 +0000

Great post and one that I will save and remember. I completely agree with sticking to conventions . It is great to experiment with unusual layouts and user experiences, but not when good usability is the main objective for your project. But then again, going back to what Michal Kozak said above, that still depends on who your core audience is.

Again, great job:)

By: dilip

dilip — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:37:36 +0000

Hi Michal,
Tips #4 is same as you wrote..

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:30:15 +0000

excellent post! I am just starting to build my vacation rental website using the http://pagebuzz.com site builder and your tips will help quite a bit. Us newbies need all the advice we can get.

By: Saad Bassi

Saad Bassi — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:26:42 +0000

Totally agreed with You Nicole. No one will read a single paragraph of 200. Its easier to read 4 paragraphs of 50 words. This is the art of Technical writing.

By: Nicole Foster

Nicole Foster — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:20:33 +0000

Very nice post! The best tip, I think, is #4. Users scan over EVERYTHING. I personally was doing that just now with this article so I can get the gist of it.

When I was working my portfolio, my boyfriend (who has ADHD) was the one to suggest I make everything short and easy to scan because users do not want to read long, boring text. They want short paragraphs with important information bolded, italicized or underlined. It’s easy to forget about that, but users are naturally like that, so we have to cater to it or our websites will not be successful.