I wish to understand what elements or aspects of the design of modern websites the end users are annoyed from. Though you are free to express your personal opinions, it would be even more insightful if you could provide objective criticism and suggestions for alternative implementations so that I may incorporate the same in my current and future projects to make them as user friendly as possible.
Some criticisms I have encountered a while back include:
- Switches being basically checkboxes with more ambiguous active state
- Scrolling animations that prohibit user from linearly scrolling through the page
Make sure that the opinion is not
- Related to business/legal matters e.g. Cookie consent notices, ad banners etc.
- Too vague e.g. Poor website layout
- Highlighting objectively bad practices e.g. Lack of accessibility features
I recognise I could have followed a design system for this question, but I want to understand the situation from the perspective of the end users to see if they have a differing view on what a convenient user experience should be like.
Websites that deliberately disregard browser settings and find ways to forcibly autoplay videos.
That includes sites which use animated gifs in order to simulate playing a silent video, to trick you into clicking on it.
Just give me a damn still image if I don’t want video. I will only get angry if you shove video down my throat.
Apart from Youtube, I haven’t encountered any website force autoplaying videos. Maybe that’s because of the filter list set in my adblock.
Now that’s just dirty play.