Top 10 design elements that will increase the usability of websites:

1) Put your name & logo on each page and make the logo a link to the home page (except on the home page).

2) Make website design such a way that if the website has more than 100 web pages, user can easily move to desired pages.

3) Write simple and easy page titles & headlines that clearly give details what the page is all about and that will make good judgment when read out-of-context in a search engine results listing.

4) Structure the page to make easy scanning and help visitors ignore large chunks of the page in a single glance.

5) Use superior image reduction when preparing small photos and images: in its place of simply resizing the original image to a small and unreadable thumbnail, zoom in on the most appropriate detail and apply a combination of cropping and resizing.

6) As a substitute of cramming everything about a product or topic into a single, infinite page, apply hypertext to structure the content space into a starting page that offers an overview and numerous secondary pages that each focus on a specific topic.

7) Use product photos, but don’t clutter and stuffed product family pages with lots of photos. The main product page must be upload fast and should be limited to a thumbnail shot.

8) Use link titles to provide users with a preview of where all links will take them, before they have clicked on it.

9) Make sure that all essential pages are accessible for users with out error, especially blind users.

10)At last, always test your design with real users as a reality check, so even the most cautiously planned project will learn from usability testing.


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