Good Design come from bad design
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http://www.ratz.com/features.htmlThe basic requirement of a good web design is to avoid bad design features. I think the objective of a web site is to express the information to its audience. So, I think the creative web design is the second priority. But we should avoid the bad features such as small text, low color contrast exist in the web site. No bad feature is already a good feature.
Usability vs Design
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http://searchenginewatch.com/awards/article.phpr/3309841http://www.creativelatitude.com/articles/articles_gee_usability.htmlhttp://www.google.com/press/awards.htmlIt is a interest debate that which one is better, usability or design? A site only has design but no content at all, will not attract the readers to come again. A site will just high usability and less design is bored. For example, google.com. Its design is simple but has a high usability. However, people use it just for searching. After search the right things, they won't stay anymore.
The conclusion of the author is just make a balance between usability and design. As people is not a human, they have emotion. They want a beautiful things.
Why usability is important
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http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030825.htmlI thinks this web page is quite interest since it shows why usability is important. For example, if the web site can't give a good image to the customer, the customers will you do business with the company. It suggests some improvement way, such as what the macromedia said, create a user profile.
The definition of web usabiility
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_usabilityHere I've found the definition of web usability from wikipedia blog. Although it is not explained deep enough, more methodologies are going to be available. We can take attention on it.
