Designing a New Website?

What’s in YOUR mind, when designing a new website? Some web or interface designers apparently must think of something completely wicked – but definitely not the customer, as you can see on webpagesthatsuck.com! Although many examples nominated for worst web design awards are not from the professional business world, there are still some rather shocking examples of really bad web design made by so called professionals.

However, also well designed and pretty websites do not necessarily perform well. What’s good and clear to the interface designer sometimes does not match at all with how real users use the website later, when the site has been launched. Users get confused by stylish new design ideas, cryptic wording or just crammed windows with lots and lots of attention grabbing stuff on it.