> -----Original Message----- > From: Prabhath Sirisena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 4 October 2005 6:33 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Top Ten Web Design Mistakes - yeah, right! > > I am not saying these problems don't exist - of course they > do. But I can > > guarantee you the public (our real users) would vote > completely different on > > what bugs them about website usability than what > subscribers to Jakob > > Nielsen newsletter do. > > Perhaps it'd make sense to mention what website usability issues that > bug these users, rather than going by your gut feeling - atleast Jakob > asked his subscribers. It'd be interesting to note how many people you > asked about it before coming to the conclusion that he was wrong.
Sounds like a challenge. I should start a poll of my own, then. :) My conclusion was based on the fact that in all the Usability Tests I have conducted so far I have hardly ever heard anybody mention "fixed font sizes" as their #1 mistake for a website. In fact, the only time I ever heard it mention was during accessibility tests with visually disabled users. Other than that users might mention font-size at some point, but according to my observations people focus on much more obvious things. Shocking design, unclear labelling of sections, inconsistent navigation and (as Katrina mentioned in an earlier post) unwanted popups would be amongst them. ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
