When designing a website, you want to ensure that it’s easy and intuitive for your users. There are many ways to do this, but designers also make many common mistakes. Let’s discuss UX design mistakes and how you can avoid them!
Visual overload
As a UX designer, it’s important to consider how your design communicates with users. One common mistake is visual overload: too many images, text blocks, and other elements competing for attention on the page. This can make web pages difficult to read, confuse users, and negatively affect conversion rates.
To avoid this issue, start using white space to break up large blocks of text, making it easier to digest. Then consider using a grid system to create consistency between different pages or sections of your site—this will help visitors get oriented quickly as they move around through different site areas. You can also use color effectively by highlighting the most important information or adding icons that are relevant in context but still engaging enough for visitors who want a little bit more detail about what you’re offering them (for example, an “Add To Cart” button). Finally, remember that some people access websites from mobile devices—all platforms must work well across all devices!
Difficult navigation
Navigation should be easy to find, easy to use, and consistent throughout the site.
It should also be clear and visible so users can easily move back up a level or to another page if they want to. The navigation bar shouldn’t hide behind other elements on the page, such as ads or banners, which would make it harder for them to locate.
The navigation should also help users find content quickly and easily. Especially if it takes time for them to figure out how you organized things in an unclear way.
Long forms
Long forms are a common enemy of the user experience. They can be so intimidating that they cause users to abandon their sites or apps in favor of competitors who do it better. To avoid this, follow the F-shaped pattern (also called the funnel), which organizes content into groups of related items. This approach is especially useful for things like FAQs and helps pages, where you want to guide users through a series of questions until they find what they’re looking for.
The 3-Step rule says that you should break down a task into smaller tasks if it takes more than three steps. If someone has to click three times before finding what they’re looking for, chances are good that person will leave your site or app—and possibly never come back! By following this rule and breaking things up into bite-sized pieces, you’ll make sure people stick around long enough so they can find what they need without getting bored along the way.
Bad copy
When it comes to copy, you should look for three things: clarity and conciseness. You want to ensure the person reading your copy can understand what you’re saying without having to read it twice or look up any words they don’t know. This can be accomplished by keeping your sentences short, limiting jargon usage, making sure that every word counts (i.e., don’t use filler words like “and” or “but”), and ensuring that there isn’t too much text on the page at one time (a good rule of thumb is no more than one paragraph per page).
Finally, it’s essential not to forget about relevance when considering copy length—that is, don’t include anything in your writing that isn’t directly related to either the topic you’re covering or the user reading it (or both). If someone lands on a page with some dense technical jargon that doesn’t seem pertinent at all—say, an insurance policy document—they may immediately leave because they don’t find anything useful here.
Too many calls for action
Too many calls to action (CTAs) can be a real problem, as they distract users from their primary. While it’s tempting to have a lot of CTAs on your pages to give users more options, this just ends up annoying the user and creating unnecessary confusion.
Instead, focus on decreasing the number of CTAs while ensuring each one is relevant, visible, and easy to use. Don’t put them too close together or too far apart. Neither is ideal because it takes away from their effectiveness and usability. The same goes for size – don’t make them too large or small so as not to attract attention unnecessarily but also do not make them so small that people won’t see them at all!
Inaccessible pages
Another common mistake is to make your website inaccessible. This is a big no-no, and you’re probably familiar with the concept of making sure that you have an accessible website—but it’s important to think about why this matters.
The internet has become a vital part of our everyday lives, but only a small percentage of the world’s population has access to it. With such a large group being left out because they can’t even get online in the first place, it becomes even more crucial that we ensure everyone who has access can use our sites or apps as easily as possible.
The most basic rule here is just to be aware of how people with disabilities will try to use your site or app and make sure there aren’t any barriers between them and what they need from your product (which may also include things like making sure there are no ads blocking content). If someone uses assistive technology for blindness (like screen readers), then make sure those features work well on your site/app too!
Conclusion
You can correct all of these mistakes with the help of a UX designer. They will be able to provide you with the proper guidance needed to avoid these common UX design errors and make your website more user-friendly.