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- LastPass →
- I like how it tells me how I stack up against other users.
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Things that can make your website
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look like crap
Many times in the past I've had the frustrated experience of looking at a website I've created and saying to myself, "This looks like crap, but I don't know exactly why, and I don't know how to fix it."
- There may be too many colors
- Look for every possible source of color and try to get rid of colors until you only have like 3 or 4.
- Even small things like the borders on textareas and inputs, and the colors of buttons, will contribute to a general sense of "this doesn't look good" if they don't match the 3 or 4 colors you want to use.
- Look for every possible source of color and try to get rid of colors until you only have like 3 or 4.
- You're using standard fonts (Times New Roman, etc.).
Examples of bad UI
- Needing to scroll down to find the main content of interest on a page.
- Examples:
- Yahoo Answers:
- I need to scroll down to find the answer on a particular page.
- Yahoo Answers:
- Examples: