Where there are a lot of really great things designers have come up with to help improve the look and feel of websites there are just as many things that need to go away and never come back. Here are five things that could gracefully disappear into the web abyss and I wouldn’t be sad about it at all.

  1. Uninvited Music
    2. I’m fine with music on websites, but not when it starts up immediately and without warning. It does nothing for user experience except start it off on a bad note. (No pun intended!)
  2. Clip Art
    3. Doesn’t the name say it all. There’s nothing worse and unappealing than the use of clip art. If you can’t design artwork yourself or have someone do it for you then just do without.
  3. Frames
    4. The use of frames is bad enough as is, but when it’s not seamless and there are scrollbars in the middle of the page, that is completely unacceptable. There are very few instances where frames are acceptable.
  4. Hit Counters
    5. You don’t see hit counters very often anymore and there’s good reason for that. They’re pointless and superficial. Focus more on providing quality content to your readers.
  5. Ugly Backgrounds
    6. This goes right along with clipart. Backgrounds should not take the focus off the actual content. When I keep looking at the background instead of the site itself that’s not a good thing.

Keep these five things off your site and you’ll be instantly ahead of the curve. For a good laugh, here’s a site that pretty much covers all five of these items. Enjoy!

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