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06/07
Weborexia
I decided to take a little break from my re-designing and decided to talk about the new term “Weborexia”. I just learned about it here. Now, I’ve recognized this growing problem of skinny layouts and tiny text but I’ve never given it a name and I thought it was quite popular with a lot of kids who had personal websites. I never liked it and tried to stray from those kinds of layouts. I’ve recently learned about accessibility and the importance of it on the internet. I’m definitely siding with the people who are against Weborexia but I kind of understand why the people who are guilty of this epidemic are totally defending their bad design choices.
However, I think we (who care about the web standards) should realize that most of these people will not have a career in web design. If they do, they definitely need to learn about web standartds and accessibility. Professionally, most of these sites will not make it but their layouts still work because it’s a personal website. It’s what the author wants so that’s what the visitor gets, right? WRONG! But whatever. I guess the only choice I have is to press the ‘X’ button. If they want to use small text and a design that just doesn’t make good use of the computer screen, fine.
It just seems to me though that they’re so ignorant of the MILLIONS of designs that are getting so much recognition for good design and to be honest, none of them showcase Weborexia characterisitics. So, I’ll leave these people be and just let ‘em enjoy their (what they think to be wonderful) layouts and I’ll make decent websites that actually feature good use of coding and design. I still think I need improvement, though. If they want help, there are obviously people out there (not elitists) who are willing to do so.
With all that said, I’m off to work on my website again. :-) Have a great evening everyone!
PS I apologize for my bad writing skills.
Categories: Web Design
Comments
June 8th
Weborexia is horrible. Often when they have small layouts they have small text. In my case, small text means I’m not reading the site due to some vision problems I was born with. In my opinion people should watch out for the font size, and the colors they have chosen and whether they contrast well. Those are the two things I look at first. I like simple, clean looking layouts. It allows the visitor to concentrate ore on the written aspect of the site rather than the huge vector trying to load at the top :)
June 8th
I definitely agree. Content comes first. Design is only secondary as it should help visitors focus on the content.
June 8th
well said! and don’t feel bad about your writing skills. i can understand every word you said, so no problem with that!
i am not into professional web design at all, since it is my first time to code a layout (which made me wonder why people like it lol). however, i created a website to get to know people. to achieve thism people have to actually READ the posts. that’s why i’ve read a lot of stuff about design and accessibility as i was sketching my design. it’s really not that hard to implement the standards anyway. in fact, i think it makes designers’ lives far more simpler than it was before.
a lot of articles are available for people who really want to learn designing. it’s great for newbies like me. i just hope that people will realize just how much more web design is than the beauty of their header. only with that will they exhibit signs of progress on their designing skills.
June 8th
Thanks and well put Skye. Web standards should definitely be used for everyone who wish to communicate with the WORLD.
I’m quite thankful, myself, for all the generous people who dedicate their time and effort informing others on standards, accessibilty, and quality coding.
You’re definitely write about making designers’ lives simpler. Clean coding as well as a clean design just make things clearer for the designer :-).
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