A web design manifesto

Good web design is a practice that goes deeper than pretty graphics. To me, a good website needs to excel at the following:

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1) Accessibility

The majority of the world's internet users don't have brand-new laptops running fully updated versions of Google Chrome. They're using mobile phones with limited internet access, older computers, and a wide variety of browsers. A good website considers it's audience and the limitations of their devices. A good website should also be machine-readable and accessable by screen-readers, translation programs, and search engines alike.

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2) Security

If you can't safely secure a user's personal data, you shouldn't be collecting it. Security and safe data storage needs to be at the forefront of any design decision.

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3) Usefulness

A website should be rich in information. The fewer clicks a user needs to access the information they seek, the better.