How to Play

• Buggy a site that has glitches and other bugs that makes the site hard to use.

  

• Beautiful & Useless a site that looks pretty, but that no one can use or whose designer has worried more about looks than whether the site can serve its purpose

  

• Centered Text A little centered text is fine, but once you get over three or four lines it becomes really hard to read.

  

• Click Here Because links are clearly marked, a visitor doesn’t need to be told where to click. Plus “click here” language doesn’t tell search engines or screen readers what’s behind the link.

  

• Not A Link If it’s underlined, people will click on it. So if it’s not a link, it shouldn’t be underlined.

  

• Poor Contrast Light text on a light background and dark text on a dark background are both hard to read. Ensure proper contrast so people can read your work.

  

• Text To The Edge If your text runs to the very edge of the container it inhibits reading. Make sure your text can breathe.

  

• Wall of Text This is text unbroken by paragraphs, lists, images or any other kind of text. There’s so much text it becomes a wall stopping any visitor from even thinking about wanting to read it.

  

• Confusing It’s easy to make a site confusing. It’s really hard to make it clear, concise and easy to use.

  

• Frustrating Similarly, it’s easy to create a site that frustrates users and makes it harder to accomplish a task than is necessary.

  

• Text Too Small Your text needs to be big enough for everyone to read. Some designers think tiny text is beautiful, but lots of visitors think tiny text is hard to read.

  

Want to learn more about this topic? Check out Beginner Usability: A Novice’s Guide to Zombie Proofing Your Website