webpage-design.wiki (1227B)
1 %template math 2 == Webpage design == 3 people rarely read websites, and they teleport from search engines to any page. 4 so any page should be a plausible starting point. 5 people have a goal on the page, they don't give a fuck about how beautiful it is (unless it's so ugly that it's unusable). 6 also, they hate scrolling when they're looking for something. users are lazy. 7 8 people ignore banners, image carousels, anything that resembles advertising. 9 10 guidelines: 11 * don't break conventions 12 * create visual hierarchies and structure 13 * make obvious what's clickable 14 * always make a short summary, people are lazy 15 16 navigation: 17 * make it clear where people are & where they can go 18 * information must be available everywhere 19 20 Menus: 21 * desktop 22 * put them across the top or on the left 23 * don't use hidden navigation 24 * mobile 25 * if only few items, put them at the top 26 * always show _most important_ items 27 * provide support to help people find the hamburger 28 29 alignment: 30 * text: depending on language, most of the time left 31 * names: make scanning for surnames easy 32 * numbers: align decimal points, or right-align integers. depends on purpose. 33 34 use whitespace smartly, to delineate/separate/structure, but also to highlight.