As the title already suggests this E-Book is created to show you what kind of mistakes are made when creating a website. It has lots of examples on how a website should look and which mistakes should be avoided.
Who Should Read Web Bloopers?
The main intended audience for this book is designers and developers who create websites and Web-based applications. This group includes information architects, interaction designers, graphic designers, content writers and editors, and website programmers. For such people, this book is intended to serve both as a tool for self-education and as a reference. It is intended to supplement—not replace— Web design guidelines. Teachers and students of website and user-interface design may also find the book to be a useful supplement to textbooks on these topics.
A second audience for this book is evaluators of websites and Web-based applications: usability testers and quality-assurance engineers. People who serve these roles in a development organization can benefit from knowing in advance the problems most likely to arise in testing and watching for them.
A third target audience is managers of Web development teams. To provide proper oversight, managers need to be able to understand—at a functional rather than technical level—the common pitfalls in website design and how to avoid them. Managers also need to understand that successful, blooper-free websites require well-designed back-end systems. For managers’ benefit, I provide, in Appendix 1, some advice on staffing for Web development.
A final audience is marketing and sales personnel at companies that market and sell on the Web. By understanding the negative impact of common, avoidable mistakes on usability—and by implication, sales—such readers may gain new appreciation for user-centered, task-focused design.
