The number 1 design rule
Thursday, September 4th, 2008The golden rule for good web design is simply:
Don’t annoy users. They will leave.
A lot of big, beautiful, and expensive web sites commit cardinal sins that result in higher bounce rates and lower sales.
Most annoying behaviors are easy to avoid. These sins include:
Splash pages
Sound or music when the page loads
A delay before users can do [...]
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