Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2005

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, October 3, 2005:
Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2005

The oldies continue to be goodies - or rather, baddies - in the list of design stupidities that irked users the most in 2005.

There's value in reminding ourselves of past findings and raising their priority on the agenda of things to be fixed. Because these mistakes continue to be so common, it makes sense that people continue to complain about them the most.

Number 10, Inadequate Photo Enlargement, really gets on my tits! Number 9 follows close behind: Frozen Layouts with Fixed Page Widths. Or more specifically, a fixed width layout that was designed to fit an 800x600 viewport but forces a horizontal scrollbar anyway.

A good usability check list.