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September 1998

That Mess on Your Web Site

Fixing a few common design mistakes would make the Web a far more pleasant and useful place to hang out, says a guru of interactive interfaces.

By Technology Review

In some ways, the most difficult connection on the Internet may be the very last one: between the computer screen and the human mind. Although finicky servers and overloaded phone lines cause their share of problems, the bits usually get delivered. The message, however, often doesn't. It remains imprisoned within a confusing, indecipherable Web page. Viewers of the page follow wrong links. They can't find what they want. They get lost, or they get bored--and they move on.

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