Recently, CNET published the article: Five old-fashioned Web concepts that need to die, and included the following list:
- Refresh: Don’t make people have to reload the page to see new content.
- Save: When systems are built correctly, everything you do can be undone and rolled back, and there should be no need for a save button per se (although many apps will still need a way to milepost versions of files).
- Log-in: Keeping track of passwords for all the sites we visit is becoming unmanageable. There are better solutions.
- One-size-fits-all design: Make sure you design for mobile devices and not just computer screens.
- Blocker ads: Don’t allow ads to block the content people are trying to access.
Great article, although I would add:
- Sites that don’t let you leave when you hit the back button
- Sites that have too many moving parts
- Automatic audio or video that launches upon loading a page
- Contact us pages that do not have any real information - providing only a form
- Dynamic navigation that is too difficult to click
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