Life online
The modern world is an online world. But when websites appeared thirty years ago, developers went wild, creating unique websites that were creative but hard to use. Flashing icons distracted people, low-contrast text was hard for people with colour blindness to read, and finding your way around was like moving through a maze. It was chaos.
Over time, human factors designers like Jacob Nielsen have developed guidelines for creating websites and apps that are easy to use and understand. Explore some of them here, and how websites have changed over time.
Website design, 2024