Deadly Sins of Web Design

Thou shalt not use blinking text.

Thou shalt not use marquee text.

Thou shalt not use frames.

Thou shalt not use tables for layout
or
positioning.

A jewel animated gif. Thou shalt not use animated gifs without very good reason.

Thou shalt not have animated or busy backgrounds behind text.

Thou shalt not use Flash intro pages for websites that have nothing to do with Flash animations.

Thou shalt not use background audio that starts automatically. (Turn up your speakers if you can't hear it.)

Thou shalt not have functionality that ONLY works in Internet Explorer.

Thou shalt not use advertisements with sound.

Thou shalt not label hyperlinks "click here."

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By Dwight House (April 8th, 2007)

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