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Pastimes : What do you like to see on websites?

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To: I Am John Galt who wrote ()7/16/1998 1:11:00 AM
From: Bill Ulrich   of 8
 
Technicolor Dreamcoat, strong imagery, good typography! It's not about bells and whistles -- clip art animated gifs of envelopes flying out of mailboxes are best left out.

It's bigger than just a laundry list of individual likes and dislikes, though. Overall site design, how sites fit the needs of the intended audience, is discussed in this powerful article from Dave Siegel:

dsiegel.com
It's actually an old one (1995) but the web and site design are pretty much where he was predicting 3-4 years ago and longer.

Whether you read it front to back, or just skim, don't miss this discussion:
dsiegel.com
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