> -----Original Message----- > From: Gunlaug Sørtun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 4 October 2005 7:09 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Top Ten Web Design Mistakes - yeah, right! > > Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] wrote: > > > 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. > > Real users have a tendency to either 'like what they get', 'adjust to > what they get' or 'quit using a particular site'. >
Exactly. So for something to go onto the Top Ten List of Usability Mistakes for the general public it must be something that bugs them so much that they don't want to adjust to it. Is small font size one of them? I think most people adjust to it, even if they don't like it. Links that open in the same window - most of us are already accustomed to it, even if we don't like it. Major Usability Issues users cannot adjust to are: - Missing Information - Incorrect Information - Catastrophic Navigation - Websites that don't work - ... Ask a general person what they didn't like about a particular website and in the majority of the cases their answer will start with: "I couldn't find..." ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
