Geek Etiquette » Websites http://geeketiquette.com Emily Post for the digital generation. Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:52:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Website etiquette http://geeketiquette.com/archives/2007/06/19/website-etiquette/ http://geeketiquette.com/archives/2007/06/19/website-etiquette/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:05:50 +0000 Skud http://geeketiquette.com/archives/2007/06/19/website-etiquette/ I was thinking the other day, as I swore at yet another website, that there are a bunch of similarities between website design and etiquette.

In both cases, you’re trying to build relationships and communicate, and you want the process to go as smoothly as possible. And yet, so often, websites are just downright rude.

My most-hated website rudenesses (an incomplete selection from a very long list):

  • Painfully long URLs which don’t paste neatly into email or chat
  • Taking control of my browser (resizing, popping up windows, etc)
  • Making me type the “www.” in front; can’t you make both work equally well?
  • Black-hat SEO techniques
  • Forcing me to use a particular browser
  • Having Flash as the only means of navigation
  • Not letting me opt out of your email newsletter

What are your most hated website design rudenesses?

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