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Basic Principles of Web Design

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By Lee
Feb 11, 2008 - 12:08:28 PM

Very useful usability article

'Usability and the utility, not the visual design, determine the success or failure of a web-site. Since the visitor of the page is the only person who clicks the mouse and therefore decides everything, user-centric design has established as a standard approach for successful and profit-oriented web design.'

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/index.php/2008/01/31/10-principles-of-effective-web-design/