In the world of web design, we can look around and see so many shining examples of what makes this industry great. Though we are certainly not an industry without our faults and flaws. In fact, with that same discerning eye one can look around and see examples of our less than stellar industry moments. In fact, one can even point to common examples of balls being dropped in various areas. For example, in the usability arena of web design.
Here we can point to a handful of overlooked elements and oft-made careless blunders that haunt far too many of our web design pasts. And hopefully, with this post acting as a helpful reminder, our web design futures can remain free of these usability mistakes. So take a look through them and see how many of these proverbial skeletons linger in your closet.
No Mobile Consideration
Unfortunately for so many already established sites and designs, the explosion of the mobile web market has left many brands unprepared for this new landscape. Many sites and designs are simply not compatible with all of these new devices that have begun shaping a new direction for the future of the industry. There’s not enough mobile design considerations being made. There are plenty of examples of designs breaking on mobile devices, which is about as bad as usability issues get. Mobile users have now exceeded desktop users and every website owner should invest in a mobile-friendly site.
At this time there are multiple solutions that one can seek to temporarily get their brands back on track in mobile contexts, but not too many that allow them to take their branding, and often costly designs along with them. So we see a bit of stalling in regards to progress in making the web a fully mobile friendly place. But as this new market continues to dominate in terms of growth, not having considerations of some kind in place for mobile is a big web design faux pas.
Most of the Pre Built WP themes from vendors like Themeforest are responsive. John from Keen suggest that you should still check the website responsiveness and resolution into tools like http://quirktools.com/screenfly
More on Mobile Design
- Why Mobile Design Should Never Be an Afterthought
- The Mobile Design Process
- Adaptive & Responsive Design with CSS3 Media Queries
Read more: 8 Usability Mistakes Made By Web Designers During Development
