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Top Ten Intranet Design Mistakes


By Vincent Flanders

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Mistake #9 Not testing your site with different browsers and different systems.

Hopefully, you've standardized on one browser -- and one version of that browser and you only support one platform. One of the most surprising things I've learned is that many corporations still support different browsers and different versions and different platforms. Many corporations have specified Netscape 4.X and IE 5.X as the only versions supported. Well, even these browsers don't support every feature available in the designer's and programmer's portfolio. Check out Web Review's Browser Compatibility Chart and you'll see what features are and are not supported. If your company hasn't standardized on one browser and one release level, there may be problems using certain design techniques on your site.

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Mistake #10 Too much content

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The creator of the award-winning site Web Pages That Suck and co-author of the book of the same name, lists the top 10 mistakes he's found while consulting for Fortune 1000 corporations. Hint: the image is one of them. do not use this type of image

To contact Vincent with topics you'd like to see covered in the Intranet Design Guru Column or for any other reason: vincent@flandersenterprises.com

Mistake #1
Splash Pages
Mistake #2
Keeping Unnecessary Design Items
Mistake #3
Using the same design for the corporate Web site and the corporate Intranets
Mistake #4
Forgetting the Japanese!
Mistake #5
Forgetting that the "Top's Gotta Pop"
Mistake #6
Poor navigation
Mistake #7
Flash
Mistake #8
Forgettng that "Text is text and links are links"
Mistake #9
Not testing your site with different browsers and different systems
Mistake #10
Too much content

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