I ended up reading a couple of really interesting articles on web design over the last couple of days and thought I would share them. Firstly:
Controlling Your Visitors Eyes
You are being judged. Whether you like it or not, every set of eyes that comes to your website makes a judgment about what you have put up for everyone to see. What is really unfair is that these eyes judge your site on very little information. Quite literally, your site is like that book that everyone is judging by its cover - and if the first impression is not appealing, you will lose your visitor within a few seconds.(more…)
and the second article:
The Surprising Truth About Ugly Websites
Ugliness has never looked better. I have spent the last few days examining a surprising trend in web design that has made ugly websites look absolutely irresistible … I was struck by an example of just how effective ugly websites can be this past week as I was browsing through some web related news…(more…)
As I was reading the linked “hot/cold” chart of where people’s eyes go on a page I was struck by what the design of my own site emphasises. I aimed to design the site to say “content is king” and reading the articles it seems that my design choises did, in fact, reflect that philosophy totally. Its nice to see that I got something right!