Usability continued
July 17th, 2005 
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Lazy, stupid and evil design by Guardian Unlimited
“Evil design is where they stop you from doing what you are trying to do, like putting an advert over the top of the page. That’s the wrong way to do it. Google has made billions by putting the ads where people do want them, rather than where they don’t want them.”
“Stupid design is where companies are doing things that are known not to work…… One example is the Flash intro. “Almost everybody knows that doesn’t work, but every so often, a new website comes along and makes that mistake. That’s stupid.”
“Lazy design is where people just don’t bother,”
From Top 10 mistakes in web design
1. Bad Search
2. PDF Files for Online Reading
3. Not Changing the Color of Visited Links
4. Non-Scannable Text
5. Fixed Font Size
6. Page Titles With Low Search Engine Visibility
7. Anything That Looks Like an Advertisement
8. Violating Design Conventions
9. Opening New Browser Windows
10. Not Answering Users’ Questions
