Design Studie – Smashing Magazine

Ich habe einen interessanten Artikel über eine Designstudie von Smashing Magazine gefunden. Es geht um den Aufbau, Layout und Elemente die viele Websites momentan anwenden. Richtlinien, die sich jeder Webdesigner oder Programmierer zu Herzen nehmen sollte.

Die Zusammenfassung hat bei der Studie folgendes ergeben:

82% of the portfolio websites we analyzed have a light design, with neutral, calm colors,
79% have traditional “block” layouts, with two to three columns clearly separated and a simple, conveniently located navigation menu,
79% of websites have some kind of introductory block in their upper area,
89% have horizontally centered layouts,
80% have large horizontal navigation,
51% have horizontal navigation with right-aligned elements,
89% do not have search functionality,
Only 3.7% use Flash heavily throughout the website,
A contact link appears in the upper-right corner 71% of the time, and/or in the footer 45.4% of the time,
89% have the link to the “about us”-page in the main navigation,
Only 47.2% have a client page,
67.2% of portfolios have some form of standalone services page,
63.6% have a detailed page for every project, including case studies, testimonials, slideshows with screenshots, drafts and sketches,
74.5% of websites have no workflow page,
The contact page should contain driving directions, a phone number, email address, postal address, vCard and online form.