The great Roman leader Julius Caesar recorded the earliest known version of this proverb, ‘Experience is the teacher of all things’. This holds true in usability as new designers make the same mistakes in the following areas where the seasoned designers now know when and how to use technology to create a good user experience:

• Plug-ins and bleeding-edge technology

• 3D user interface

• Bloated design

• Splash pages

• Moving graphics and scrolling text

• Custom GUI widgets

• Not disclosing who’s behind information

• Made-up words

• Outdated content

• Inconsistency within a Web site

• Premature requests for personal information

• Multiple sites

• Orphan pages

This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 at 6:36 pm and is filed under Design & Usability.