Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Pet Peeve About Blogs

I love reading blogs, especially ones that are more "personal" (i.e, non-political or non-general). It used to be websites, now blogs have taken over. I like the idea of blogs, because its so much simpler to maintain. But the UX person in me cringes everytime I see some blogs.
  • I hate it when images on the blog are all oddball sizes. There are three sizes you can choose when uploading a pic(in blogspot atleast), why not choose the same size consistently every time!
  • I hate it when images are not lined up. You don't have to do anything extra to line it up, so why don't you?
  • I hate it when people change the text size for no rhyme or reason. Blogger's editor gives a title text - change that in the settings so it will be consistent throughout all your titles. Use ONE other change inside the content if you really have to, and that needs to be smaller than the title text. If the title text is smaller than the content text, what is the point in making it the tittle text?
  • I hate backgrounds on the content text. Some background obscure the clarity of the text, so why use it? Nothing against background that are outside the content area, but still wish it would be something that is meaningful to the blog. (This peeve might be just me, I'm sure some people think my blog's background/template is plain and un-interesting). While on the topic of background - why do people think back blackground with white text is great? Every design study confirms it gives the reader a squint.
  • I hate it when the title of the blog is more than half the page fold area. It pushes most of the latest post below the fold. And keeping the post above the fold makes great readability.
  • I hate when content text is some wierd scrolly font which is very very hard to read. Why? Why? Why? What is wrong with simple verdana (not Times New Roman)?

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