Web Bloopers: 60 Common Web Design Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Appendix B: Websites Cited

Overview

This appendix lists all the websites that are cited as examples in the book. Sites cited as examples of bloopers are listed separately from those cited as examples of how to avoid bloopers.

For each website, the following information is provided:

  • Web address (URL)

  • Dates viewed for this book

  • Brief description of site

  • Chapters and bloopers in which it appears in the book

Sites Used as Examples of Bloopers (Negative Examples)

Anonymous Client Site and Internal Web Application (Nov. 2000, Apr. 2002, July 2002)

A fortune 100 company.

Chapter 2

Blooper 10: Pointless Choice

Chapter 4

Blooper 22: Making People Type

Blooper 23: Intolerant Data Fields

Chapter 6

Blooper 42: Speaking Geek

Chapter 8

Blooper 57: Unobtrusive Error Messages

37Signals.com (Jan. 2002) A Web design firm.

Chapter 1

Blooper 1: Home Page Identity Crisis

AA.com (Sept. 2001, May 2002) American Airlines.

Chapter 2

Blooper 10: Pointless Choice

Blooper 12: Clueless Back-end

AAC.Acer.com (Feb. 2002) Acer America Corporation, U.S. subsidiary of Acer Corporation.

Chapter 8

Blooper 60: Terrible Tabs

Acer.com (Dec. 2001, Feb. 2002) Acer Corporation, a manufacturer and vendor of computer equipment.

Chapter 1

Blooper 1: Home Page Identity Crisis

Blooper 4: Conflicting Content

Chapter 3

Blooper 15: Site Reflects Organizational Chart

Chapter 7

Blooper 50: Bizarre Buttons: Click Target Smaller than It Seems

ACM.org (Mar. 2000, Jan. 2002, May 2002, Sept. 2002) The Association of Computing Machinery, a professional organization for computer professionals.

Chapter 5

Blooper 31: Baffling Search Controls

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