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bluesage · 02-02-2007, 14:31

Biggest Mistakes made by Web design companies

found this interesting, agree to most of it

probably many of you have already read it but anyways.

gkwinspired · 02-02-2007, 16:41

Yep - I agree 100% - It's a nice list of things to post on our Office Wall though.

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Greg

skyrocket · 03-02-2007, 05:23

that's a bit of a lame article IYAM - most of it is common sense. the article makes one of the big mistakes straight away - Google AdWords advertising a competitor as Stuart Brown is in the game). this one is funny though: for an example of ugly UGLY sites they've singled out 2advanced for "overdoing it"

gkwinspired · 03-02-2007, 14:48

It may be common sense - but I have only been on the this board for about a week and I have seen multiple sites that break those rules.
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Greg

skyrocket · 04-02-2007, 06:37

most of the common sense went out the window in the dotcom bubble era and many sites are still suffering from those days. which leads to my own patented list of The Really Seriously Biggest Mistakes by Web Design Companies...

1. accessibility & usability (was that mentioned in the article??)
2. not learning from the mistakes of the past
3. not having a decent espresso machine in the studio

wwwd · 05-02-2007, 12:40

Yeah, most of it is common sense!

And they shouldn't even have to mention the last one about Background Music! Although you'd be surprised how many of my clients always ask for it!

RaelRode · 05-02-2007, 15:03

100% totally agree also with that list. Some of the siets they singled out (about fish) dont even have fish on them anymore lol.

roto · 05-02-2007, 18:28

From the same blog, I like:

http://www.modernlifeisrubbish.co.uk...ts-and-the-web

skyrocket · 06-02-2007, 05:02

oh yeah that's a top post - (makes note to never call arial as the priority font in a css font-family property ever again). should have started a new thread with this though ...

sinthux · 06-02-2007, 16:00

i thought it was a little bit helpful. I could see how someone starting out would take this into good use. Many new designers may use the typical "we" which I think was pretty helpful. The real professional freelance or work alone designers don't refer to we, but advertise themselves in their portfolio.

stickmus · 07-02-2007, 07:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by gkwinspired

Yep - I agree 100% - It's a nice list of things to post on our Office Wall

Don't you mean MY wall?

pgo · 07-02-2007, 11:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by ®oto

From the same blog, I like:

http://www.modernlifeisrubbish.co.uk...ts-and-the-web

Yeah.

I love the new Vista fonts. I've been using Consolas for months for coding. It's great.

John Good · 07-02-2007, 12:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by pgo

Yeah.

I love the new Vista fonts. I've been using Consolas for months for coding. It's great.

can the mac users get a free copy of these fonts ?

pgo · 07-02-2007, 12:33

Don't know.

John Good · 07-02-2007, 12:42

or at least a copy ?

dtrenz · 07-02-2007, 12:54

can one download the fonts anywhere?

02-02-2007, 14:31	#1 (permalink)
bluesage Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Switzerland Posts: 356	Biggest mistakes made by web design companies Biggest Mistakes made by Web design companies found this interesting, agree to most of it probably many of you have already read it but anyways.

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02-02-2007, 16:41	#2 (permalink)
gkwinspired Come on IE - GO GECKO! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wasilla, Alaska Posts: 93	Yep - I agree 100% - It's a nice list of things to post on our Office Wall though. -- Greg

03-02-2007, 05:23	#3 (permalink)
skyrocket SkyRocket Design Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Chichester Posts: 536	that's a bit of a lame article IYAM - most of it is common sense. the article makes one of the big mistakes straight away - Google AdWords advertising a competitor as Stuart Brown is in the game). this one is funny though: for an example of ugly UGLY sites they've singled out 2advanced for "overdoing it"

03-02-2007, 14:48	#4 (permalink)
gkwinspired Come on IE - GO GECKO! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wasilla, Alaska Posts: 93	It may be common sense - but I have only been on the this board for about a week and I have seen multiple sites that break those rules. -- Greg

04-02-2007, 06:37	#5 (permalink)
skyrocket SkyRocket Design Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Chichester Posts: 536	most of the common sense went out the window in the dotcom bubble era and many sites are still suffering from those days. which leads to my own patented list of The Really Seriously Biggest Mistakes by Web Design Companies... 1. accessibility & usability (was that mentioned in the article??) 2. not learning from the mistakes of the past 3. not having a decent espresso machine in the studio

05-02-2007, 12:40	#6 (permalink)
wwwd Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 70	Yeah, most of it is common sense! And they shouldn't even have to mention the last one about Background Music! Although you'd be surprised how many of my clients always ask for it!

05-02-2007, 15:03	#7 (permalink)
RaelRode Designers are strange :) Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Shrewsbury, UK Posts: 1,730	100% totally agree also with that list. Some of the siets they singled out (about fish) dont even have fish on them anymore lol.

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skyrocket SkyRocket Design Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Chichester Posts: 536	oh yeah that's a top post - (makes note to never call arial as the priority font in a css font-family property ever again). should have started a new thread with this though ...

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sinthux Dalton Hurd Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bradenton, FL Posts: 36	i thought it was a little bit helpful. I could see how someone starting out would take this into good use. Many new designers may use the typical "we" which I think was pretty helpful. The real professional freelance or work alone designers don't refer to we, but advertise themselves in their portfolio.

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pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	Don't know.

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dtrenz blam blam Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: ann arbor, mi usa Posts: 527	can one download the fonts anywhere?

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