Examining Idiosyncratic Website Design Rules

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There are some website design rules which may not make obvious sense to the ordinary user but yet they have a very important role to play in the implementation of an effective website. For example the website design advises that the text should always be kept narrow. This may not make sense because one might have thought that the text should be made prominent so that it can be seen by the users at all times.

However the detailed studies of human behavior when they are surfing the internet indicate that narrow text is better. This is because the readers hate to scroll from side to side as they identify the main points of the website. In fact the techniques that are used by the website design are the same ones that apply to the online newspapers because they all want to attract the attention of the reader. read more