The Web Design Journal

Bad Ideas of Web Design

Posted on 31. May, 2006 by Daniel Aleksandersen in Web Development

Christian Montoya has a great article about Bad Ideas of Web Design.

Let’s talk about bad ideas. Not the bad ideas we all know about, like using Flash for navigation, making sites JavaScript-dependent or using inaccessible techniques like layout tables and captchas. I’m talking about the bad ideas that get in the minds of standards-based developers.

His articles covers eight important subjects:

• Display-on-hover Content
• SIFRed links
• Tiny Text
• Low Contrast
• Slow Loading
• Image Dependence
• Resolution Dependence
• Flexible Layouts Without max-width

Read up on Christian’s thoughts in his article Bad Ideas of Web Design.