Comments on: Keeping your home page clean

By: Niels

Niels — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:55:21 +0000

Sweet article. The stakeholder workshops are definitely a good idea, that helps a lot. What also helps is to take it one step back with the client. What are his goals and what does he want to achieve with the website? I know you are not always allowed to think with the client but it changes the mindset from I can't do this and I want you to do this to 'How can we optimize our goals and result? And what do we need for that?

By: دردشة

دردشة — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:14:14 +0000

how users access content increasingly through search engines ؟

By: Bircha

Bircha — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:22:00 +0000

Somewhat related article: http://www.uie.com/articles/prioritizing_design_time/

By: Mike Nolan

Mike Nolan — Wed, 23 May 2007 20:24:31 +0000

Very interesting article and I agree with most of it. One point that I haven't seen come through on my work sites (yet?) is the decreasing importance of the homepage. The homepage accounts for over 90% of landings into the site - the second highest is 0.35%

By: werther

werther — Tue, 22 May 2007 14:06:30 +0000

if a client were to ever bring up a recommendation by Jakob Nielson I would simply refer them (the client) to Nielson’s website http://www.useit.com/. That should dispel any credibility.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 21 May 2007 03:55:50 +0000

In a past life I was a translator, and it makes total sense to me when I read that should leave the homepage till last. It is the title of the site and in my experience, no way can you do justice to a title till you have a feel for all the content inside .

By: Dustin Noe

Dustin Noe — Sun, 20 May 2007 01:06:49 +0000

Great Article! Many times I find myself, not necessarily the client, trying to cram every bit of information I can into the home page of varying projects. I really like the angle you have helped me to view this problem from. Thanks!

By: Alex O

Alex O — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:59:12 +0000

Some good points there. I agree about what you have to say on the topic of cramming everything in above the fold – in many cases, it’s simply not workable, although popular links should be kept above it.
Also, I agree with what you said about search engines, and users making use of them to directly pass to the content they want. I do still believe that the home page is important for making a good first impression (say, if the link is coming from a business card rather than a search engine).

By: David Thomson

David Thomson — Fri, 18 May 2007 06:19:44 +0000

Good points about the meddlesome behaviour of clients during the construction of their website. My strategy is to start removing their sense of creative input entitlement as soon as possible in the development process.
I describe good design in term of time value. If you can understand whether or not a website has what you are looking for within a matter of seconds of visiting the homepage then, your user will consider you a more valuable resource for not having wasted his time the first time they arrived. Which, ultimately lead to users coming back and spreading the word about your site to their friends and colleagues.
This, I explain to the client(and any designer I have the ear of), has far more significant implications on the website’s ROI than the typical distraction stacked homepage prevalent in the market today.

By: Jermayn Parker

Jermayn Parker — Fri, 18 May 2007 05:50:36 +0000

Great article and will hopefully teach people to think about how they (re)design their home page in the future.
I know myself when for clients we have to create a prototype its hard to come up with the total overall design when just doing the home page. We have started to do two pages which I think gives the user a better understanding.
Thanks for the read.