I wish to understand what elements or aspects of the design of modern websites the end users are annoyed from. Though you are free to express your personal opinions, it would be even more insightful if you could provide objective criticism and suggestions for alternative implementations so that I may incorporate the same in my current and future projects to make them as user friendly as possible.

Some criticisms I have encountered a while back include:

  • Switches being basically checkboxes with more ambiguous active state
  • Scrolling animations that prohibit user from linearly scrolling through the page

Make sure that the opinion is not

  • Related to business/legal matters e.g. Cookie consent notices, ad banners etc.
  • Too vague e.g. Poor website layout
  • Highlighting objectively bad practices e.g. Lack of accessibility features

I recognise I could have followed a design system for this question, but I want to understand the situation from the perspective of the end users to see if they have a differing view on what a convenient user experience should be like.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
    9·
    7 hours ago

    Making the page have empty margins by squeezing all the content into the middle of the page. When I started learning how to make website back in the 90’s, this was considered a major no-no. It’s really only done these days, because they focus entirely on how it looks on a phone held vertically than on an actual computer. But there’s no reason to not have it use the space on devices that can see it.

    • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      6 hours ago

      Which is dumb because CSS allows you to change the design based off screen size, so it’s 100% developer laziness.

    • jonathanvmv8f@lemm.eeOP
      3·
      6 hours ago

      I agree with this to some extent. For even wider lines of text occupying the entire desktop screen, it actually becomes hard for me to discern which line I am currently reading, causing me to start reading the entire line all over again.

    • Yardy Sardley@lemmy.ca
      2·
      6 hours ago

      Mobile-first is supposed to be a specific way of implementing responsive design, but I think a lot of people say “job done” after the first step and never get around to the whole responsive thing. I think it’s easier to use a mobile layout on desktop than it is to use a desktop layout on mobile, so in that way I think mobile-first is a good principle to follow. But I agree, making a desktop layout that looks good is ignored far too much these days.