{ WSiNYE – White Space is Not Your Enemy }
Go on a Web-based treasure hunt: post a list of the sites you found and the particular error(s) they commit.
At first I was frustrated by how hard it was to find sites breaking the sins that the book listed. How dare they follow the rules??? But then I got a helpful hint to search for websites about cats…and surprisingly I found enough to fill up my blog post in under 5 minutes. Imagine that.
> This website violates “Things that blink”, “Trapped Negative Space”, and “Tackytype Emphasis”.
> This website violates so much, it made me laugh when I opened it. It violates a total of 5 of the 13 sins! One of them I never even thought I would see outside examples: “Justified Rivers”.
> One of the most awful websites I have come across. In this list, it ranks number 1. It violates just as many as the one above plus a new one: “Busy Backgrounds”. Watch out, it even has autoplay music!
> This website simply violates “Trapped Negative Space”.
> This website definitely violates the “Bulky Borders and Boxes” rule!
> Violates “Tackytype Emphasis” by using all caps on throughout the site.
> This site violates “Trapped Negative Space”, “Tackytype Emphasis”, and “Corners and Clutter”.
> This website violates “Tackytype Emphasis” and “Bulky Borders and Boxes”.
> Although this website looks okay, it still violates the “Busy Backgrounds” rule.
> This website also violates the same rule
> Violating “Trapped Negative Space” and, a new one, “Centering Everything” got this website on my list.
> It has a “Busy Background” and “Bulky Borders and Boxes”!
> This site violates a new one! “Naked photos” and it also violates “Trapped Negative Space”.
And with that last website, I am done pulling together sites that violate the “13 Amateur Layout Errors”. I am also tired of seeing bad websites.