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Some webpages look good, some webpages look bad,
or is it just the way we see it?
This page is meant to show you the points of a nice-looking webpage.
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Good websites keep the same font face through the whole page.
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They must load quickly.
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I recently went to a website, with one of it's pages almost 1mb. I'll never go back there again...
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Make the most of your site, without overdoing it on the bandwidth.
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Remember to format your graphics to the lowest quality, without looking bad, (Grayscale for black and white images, etc...)
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Use animated GIFs sparingly.
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anything over 3 is rediculous, and if you use banner ads 2 is plenty.
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if you use a black (or other dark) background, animated GIFs are hard on the eyes.
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If something looks bad, and you can't fix it just go ahead and take it out
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Java applets should never be on the front page
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Even when they are almost essential for your site, put them on a separate page.
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If you're making a high bandwidth site...
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Make sure you have an alternative low-band site.
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There are FAR more locations without fast access than with. (and sometimes they get it backwards where it is supposed to be)
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