Why Websites Are Getting Easier To Use

from the only-took-a-decade dept

After years of absolutely painful web surfing experiences, the BBC is suggesting that many websites are finally realizing that website usability is important. They point out that, of course, many web designers are still fascinated with the concept of making something look good, rather than making it useable. As a side note, this is the first mainstream article about usability I've seen in a long time that manages not to quote Jakob Nielsen.
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    AKP, 5 Nov 2002 @ 11:30am

    Examples?

    An article about website usability should contain examples of both good and bad design. Don't you think?

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    The Misanthrope, 6 Nov 2002 @ 8:19am

    No Subject Given


    Usability from a design aspect is only part of the problem. What these websites need to start paying attention to is we "freaks" who land at their sites using - God forbid - operating systems and browsers that don't come from the Redmond Beast and are shut out of certain features - or the entire site. Where we once were a tiny enough percentage to ignore, the numbers are growing. And over here in LinuxLand we *can't* surrender to IE. Not that we want to....

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    SmartKela (profile), 20 Mar 2019 @ 4:59am

    Design affects the engagement of users on the website or online portfolio. It can work on edge for the exponential growth of the business. With time technology advancing so does creativity. So many challenges in Web Designing since you not only have to be creative, you have to impress the viewers with it.

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    Pravesh Maurya (profile), 6 Jul 2019 @ 3:45am

    Awesome Post

    We are living in Digital age and every one going to get business via online that's why everyone love to use their website and https://sggreek.com make website design rapidly.

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    charlie (profile), 16 Aug 2020 @ 3:06am

    MotorforLife

    Yes. It's indeed true that websites are getting easier to use. As my website "https://www.motorforlife.com/", it's my first website and I've not experienced any serious difficulty.

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