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Food for Thought

Ethical Care and Feeding of Website Visitors

  1. Don't fake SEO
  2. Never auto-play audio on loading
  3. Don't break the BACK button
  4. Don't break bookmarks: forward Old to New Pages (META REFRESH), use persistent URLs, avoid Frames
  5. Don't fake the window.status panel (deprecated)
  6. Give them a hint when you're about to open in a new page/ tab
  7. Don't spawn multiple pop-ups. Or pop-ups. Look at this. opens in new window/ tab
  8. Degrade Gracefully , Enhance Progressively
  9. Tell them where they are; help them stay oriented within the web
    10. (communicate current URL)
  10. Give them hints about where they've been (color visited links)
  11. Identify links clearly
  12. Use only widely understood norms
    13. home, top, external link, hamburger = menu, drama dots = more
  13. Don't Make Them Think
  14. read Design of Everyday Things, an essential primary design book
  15. No "tag soup"

A long list of links

to demonstrate various colors of unused, used, active, select links
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSEopens in new window/ tab
AP TOPopens in new window/ tab
AP RADIOopens in new window/ tab
REUTERS POLITICS WORLD
XINHUA
YONHAP