{"id":18500,"date":"2018-04-24T07:02:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T07:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zilliondesigns.com\/blog\/?p=18500"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:06:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:06:51","slug":"forbidden-web-design-techniques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zilliondesigns.com\/blog\/forbidden-web-design-techniques\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Forbidden Web Design Techniques For UI Designers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is it true that a website design can actually suck big time?<\/p>\n

Yes! If you\u2019re practicing these ten forbidden web design techniques then you\u2019re sure to fail. A bad user-interface design can become the top reason for customers bouncing off the website, let alone surf it. As a UI designer, you don\u2019t want to create a crummy design for your client unless you\u2019re preparing for your career doomsday.<\/p>\n

4 Key Factors Affecting Website Design Today<\/h2>\n

The website design industry is growing by the minute! According to Internet Live Stats<\/a>, there over 1.8 billion websites today as compared to the 4 billion netizens reported by Hootsuite. These numbers sound more exciting when you think that the total population of the world is 7.6 billion. I think within a matter of a few years, the two populaces (real and digital) will run parallel \u2013 thanks to the growing awareness and consumption of technology.<\/p>\n

While these numbers fascinate us, the focus is not on the quantity but the quality of what is being created. <\/strong>There are four factors greatly affecting the way a contemporary website is constructed. I won\u2019t consider them as problems, but ways to challenge web designers\u2019 capabilities, set higher standards for them, and steer concentration on user-experience.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Mobile Optimization<\/h3>\n

Mobile is becoming the new black, no kidding. It is what tech companies like Google are paying keen attention to because people are increasingly using their smartphones for a variety of reasons from communication to searching products. This is why \u2018good\u2019 designers are paying attention to responsive web design<\/a> and specifically mobile design.<\/p>\n

As per Statista<\/a>, by 2019 the worldwide penetration of mobile phone internet users will stand 63.4%. As UI designers, you must understand that a website design that isn\u2019t optimized for Android or iOS will not survive the current digital era.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Designing For Usability<\/h3>\n

With voice search and refreshable braille display devices, we can speculate that the trend to design for differently able people isn\u2019t simply an idea in the air but something that\u2019s beginning to take center stage.<\/p>\n

Disability rights lawyer and design thinker, Elise Roy believes that \u2018design thinking\u2019 helps people innovate and solve problems<\/strong>. The key features I found important in her talk on TEDx Mid Atlantic include:<\/p>\n