Article _ 10 Usability Nightmares You Should Be Aware Of

**LadynRed** · 10-01-2007, 11:09 AM

From Smashing Magazine:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007...d-be-aware-of/

**Arenlor** · 11-19-2007, 01:14 AM

That is a very awesome article, sadly enough I've been to all those sites and complained for those very reasons. The only thing I think could be changed is don't open links in new windows. I that ability in order to open things such as a chat room or a forum into a new window while leaving the user capable of reading the rest of the site.

**MrBrownThumb** · 11-19-2007, 03:07 AM

That's a good article and if you hadn't linked it I wouldn't have bothered going past the title when visiting the site.

Why?

Because they have a block of adsense right below the title of the article you have to scroll past to get to the content. I usually just navigate away from that "usability nightmare."

**webfinity** · 12-09-2007, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrBrownThumb

That's a good article and if you hadn't linked it I wouldn't have bothered going past the title when visiting the site.

Why?

Because they have a block of adsense right below the title of the article you have to scroll past to get to the content. I usually just navigate away from that "usability nightmare."

They should add this to their list.

**Harlequin** · 12-10-2007, 07:16 AM

Frightening.

What's also frightening is how little many web users know about how to control their browsing experience.

**wiredfreak** · 12-11-2007, 04:08 AM

I love this article it helps a lot on improving the performance of the websites we guys are currently doing.

**whym** · 01-06-2008, 03:13 PM

This article is very good - I agree with each point for the most part. Popups and resized windows are some of my designing hates and I try not to do any of this in my own work.

Thanks for sharing LNR

**Ichigo** · 02-06-2008, 05:18 PM

thanks for sharing this

**sarpras2005@yah** · 02-10-2008, 11:40 PM

Very good Article. Thanks for sharing this link.

**firesign** · 02-14-2008, 08:29 AM

Great article! Thanks a lot for sharing this... It would really be a big help...

**ozzozo** · 02-16-2008, 07:49 AM

Its a decent article...they should read this:

http://www.useit.com/

then go back and re-write the article.

**camp185** · 02-19-2008, 04:35 PM

I saw that article about a week ago. I posted there that they made a usability error of their own. There list should have been made with bullets, and not numbered as it was. Numbering a list suggest priority, where bullets do not.

**LadynRed** · 02-19-2008, 04:49 PM

I don't think that's a USABILITY issue - but more a SEMANTICS issue

**Hussainlink** · 02-20-2008, 03:00 AM

nice article

**prohostingteam** · 03-23-2008, 04:44 PM

I love this article it helps a lot

**Arleigh** · 07-04-2008, 03:26 AM

Nice article. I enjoyed reading it. Very informative..

**nancy123** · 07-04-2008, 04:09 AM

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Thnaks

**PuppyWebsite** · 11:57 AM

Very good Article. Thanks for sharing this!

**Johnnie Walker** · 07-09-2008, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrBrownThumb

That's a good article and if you hadn't linked it I wouldn't have bothered going past the title when visiting the site.

Why?

Because they have a block of adsense right below the title of the article you have to scroll past to get to the content. I usually just navigate away from that "usability nightmare."

I agree. A focus on Adsense over content is a BIG usability error.

**MacJedi** · 07-10-2008, 02:17 PM

The article forgot to mention one of the big nightmares of web design. Microsoft uses it regularly. Looping links. Go ahead and navigate your way around the Microsoft website and eventually you will find yourself in a loop where one link takes you where you think you want to go but when you get there you are presented with mored decisions and at least one of those choices will take you back where you had just come from and before you know it you are chasing your tail.