10 Website Usability Nightmares with Examples


	10 Website Usability Nightmares with Examples
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/91eac4eb-ddbd-4e61-a7f3-9f0478facb9f/F1E16C96-824D-4423-AAA6-BAFA22D3A3CE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/09/27/10-usability-nightmares-you-should-be-aware-of/" href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/09/27/10-usability-nightmares-you-should-be-aware-of/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.smashingmagazine.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/09/27/10-usability-nightmares-you-should-be-aware-of/"><H1 class="title"><A title="10 Usability Nightmares You Should Be Aware Of" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/09/27/10-usability-nightmares-you-should-be-aware-of/">10 Usability Nightmares You Should Be Aware Of</A></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/09/27/10-usability-nightmares-you-should-be-aware-of/"><H3>1. Hidden log-in link.</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/09/27/10-usability-nightmares-you-should-be-aware-of/"><H3>2. Pop-ups for content presentation.</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/09/27/10-usability-nightmares-you-should-be-aware-of/"><H3>3. Dragging instead of vertical navigation.</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/09/27/10-usability-nightmares-you-should-be-aware-of/"><H3>4. Invisible links.</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/09/27/10-usability-nightmares-you-should-be-aware-of/"><H3>5. Visual noise.</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/09/27/10-usability-nightmares-you-should-be-aware-of/"><H3>6. Dead end.</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/09/27/10-usability-nightmares-you-should-be-aware-of/"><H3>7. Content blocks layering upon each other.</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/09/27/10-usability-nightmares-you-should-be-aware-of/"><H3>8. Dynamic navigation.</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/09/27/10-usability-nightmares-you-should-be-aware-of/"><H3>9. Drop-Down Menus.</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/09/27/10-usability-nightmares-you-should-be-aware-of/"><H3>10. Blinking images.</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/09/27/10-usability-nightmares-you-should-be-aware-of/"><H3>Future Nightmare?
Pointing the mouse instead of clicking.</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/09/27/10-usability-nightmares-you-should-be-aware-of/"><H3>8 Usability Check-Points You Should Be Aware Of</H3></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F1E16C96-824D-4423-AAA6-BAFA22D3A3CE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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