7 Ways to Avoid Scary Web Design

7 Ways to Avoid Scary Web Design

on Oct 31st 2011 with 17 comments

It’s Halloween (mwa ha haaa!) and to help get into the spirit of things we have a terrifyingly helpful graphic by the guys at Melbourne-based Mint Leaf Studio for you. Check it out. If you dare..

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Thanks again to Danny Ashton from Mint Leaf Studio!

Happy Halloween!

 
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  • http://www.adipurdila.com AdiPurdila

    Haha, nice one.

  • supprof1

    already afraid.
    my work is by a way uglyer than yours
    i think that i didn’t have the touch, artist thouch, baddly inspired
    what should i do to became a good designer?!!
    help

    • Armando E. Lopez Jr.

      I for once fall under this category

      My workaround during those times were to imitate websites.

      *Search for minimalist webdesign, that’s where I started :D*

      After doing so, I came to realize what they have that I don’t

      Then after 3 – 4 times of imitating a website, I became more user-friendly website maker :D

      My first corporate Client is this website : Nutrifit.ph :D

  • http://www.j2designstudios.com Jim

    Great way to start off Halloween. Truly scary web design. Thanks!

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  • http://www.natehull.com nate

    Ha ha. That 6 and 7 really made me laugh. Why do people put background music on websites?

    • http://www.webdesignlift.com windo

      Uhm., I created a website with background music (embedded in flash) in 2004., ha ha, I think it was because flash trend back then.

  • Dougieadd

    ha ha “not this one – Comic Sans” never a truer word spoken :)

  • http://www.webdesignlift.com windo

    Lol, this is hilarious !., at the same time (of course) educating too!., I want my client to read this but I think this is not their thing (or not?).

  • DeeFi

    I need this as a poster in my bureau!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/izvarzone Some Guy

    8. Flash animation

    • http://www.facebook.com/bliitzi bliitzi

      lol, what means point 4 then for you?

      Nice article btw ;-)

  • http://cinitriqs.deviantart.com CiNiTriQs

    Funny Halloween style reminder indeed ;) Luckily I can only catch myself on some still, but far from all of them… I remember the days where anything moving around on the screen was “new” and “fresh” and also very irritating. same goes for blinking text (did attract attention though… attention to stear clear of the website :p )

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  • http://majorminutiae.tumblr.com/ Peter Eliasson

    I know that Danny Ashton is, at least in part, joking and I really don’t want to come off as some kind of jerk (or, because ’tis Halloween, a vampire from Twilight).

    But.

    Every “advice” above is moot. And ten years old. Does anyone relevent design sites like this any more, apart from leftovers from MySpace? Seriously?

  • http://www.dharmakelleher.com Dharma Kelleher

    Of course, when you go to Mint Leaf’s website, you see a load spiral as their Flash animation loads. Isn’t that violating two of their rules?

    • http://www.jayjamero.com Jay Jamero

      Dharma – Sites built entirely on flash, definitely a no no these days. Sites including SOME flash is fine as long as it can degrade to something else such as a jQuery version of the flash element. Try turning your flash off, you can still use the site.

  • http://bjornline.info bjornredemption

    what no Frontpage??

  • http://www.designjunction.com.au/blog Sheena Lopez

    Funny Halloween style reminder indeed:) I like its graphics web design melbourne