Web Bloopers: 60 Common Web Design Mistakes, and How to Avoid Them

The dot.com crash of 2000 was a wake-up call, and told us that the Web has far to go before achieving the acceptance predicted for it in '95. A large part of what is missing is quality; a primary component of the missing quality is usability. The Web is not nearly as easy to use as it needs to be for the average person to rely on it for everyday information, commerce, and entertainment.  
 
In response to strong feedback from readers of GUI BLOOPERS calling for a book devoted exclusively to Web design bloopers, Jeff Johnson calls attention to the most frequently occurring and annoying design bloopers from real web sites he has worked on or researched. Not just a critique of these bloopers and their sites, this book shows how to correct or avoid the blooper and gives a detailed analysis of each design problem.  

Contents

Foreword 
Acknowledgments 
Introduction 
Part I: Bloopers in the Content and Functionality of the Website  
  Chapter 1 -- Content Bloopers  
  Chapter 2 -- Task-Support Bloopers  
Part II: Bloopers in the User Interface of the Website  
  Chapter 3 -- Navigation Bloopers  
  Chapter 4 -- Form Bloopers  
  Chapter 5 -- Search Bloopers  
Part III: Bloopers in the Presentation of the Website  
  Chapter 6 -- Text & Writing Bloopers  
  Chapter 7 -- Link Appearance Bloopers  
  Chapter 8 -- Graphic and Layout Bloopers  
Epilogue 
Appendices 
Bibliography 
Index 
About the Author