31 Convincing the Boss

Great article, Derek. As for the earlier comments about how to convince the boss… I think it’s usually better to let someone else do the convincing.

Try running some cheap and dirty usability tests, and get them on videotape. Bosses can easily dismiss “expert opinions”, but when they’re presented with evidence of real users, stumped by an interface, it’s hard for them to argue.

posted at 05:56 pm on April 12, 2006 by Michael Straker

32 All or some

Great article. I would also mention that home page content is also important. Include only the most relevant, new and persuasive items, and update often.

posted at 03:49 pm on April 18, 2006 by Stuart Matthews

33 Untitled

Designing the site backwards from the inner pages and finishing with the homepage is a great idea. The best part of the article was actually the comment on user traffic. It’s pretty much true across the board in any large web site.

posted at 10:20 pm on May 24, 2006 by Weixi Yen

34 Sorry I missed the party, but a question

In passing, Derek, you implied that Google had ‘gotten away with’ a bad home page, because it wasn’t apparent from the page design itself what Google was about.

Is that accurate? And if so, do you still think so? And if you still think so, what elements of it seem counter-intuitive?

posted at 10:29 pm on May 24, 2006 by John Dunagan

35 great article, but...

i just followed one of the author’s links to see a great page in action and came across his http://jpgmag.com/ page that instantly confused me as to what it is and how to use it. after 10 long seconds of scanning the page, i left it forever.

posted at 11:23 am on June 2, 2006 by Ken L

36 Nice Article

Thanks… this is great experience for me. Already we know the importance of user experience. But your article give more importance to the home page.

posted at 09:08 am on November 16, 2006 by krishnamoorthy manickam

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38 Highlight important ones

Highlight the important things and make to read easy…
More highlight for homepage.

posted at 03:40 pm on April 24, 2007 by Mugunthan ramasamy

39 nice job

I think it’s really useful article, many thanx

posted at 07:36 pm on August 2, 2007 by ismail kirbas

40 Non-Home Page Home Page

Good article, Derek. Just picked it up from creativepro.com. I have a question. Here is our URL: www.faithefc.com. Note what I call the non-Home Page Home Page. This was originally our home page: www.faithefc.com/index2.html. I know the site is not pretty, but there are political reasons for that ;>). But it’s not a bad site. However, in an attempt to show that our church is “with the times,” another staff member created the Flash site and the opening page to give visitors a choice. I don’t like the opening page, and I think the Flash site is less informative, and the flashing clouds, which have nothing to do with our church, are distracting. I think the original home page is more in keeping with your four goals. Honest opinion? Yes, I am the web master, but there are politics and conflicting philosophies involved.
Thanks to all who help, Alan.

posted at 08:15 pm on September 17, 2007 by Alan Allegra