Surprisingly, the most important part of good website design has really nothing to do with what most people think. It is true that they all play a big part:
Focus And Consistency
Question: Could you take a look at my web site, PellaCAD, and make your two strongest suggestions (more if you have time)I’d sure appreciate your professional opinion!
– Pete Naschke
Design consistency between PCs and Macs
If you’re a designer, odds are you stick to one platform or another. If you learned to design on a Mac, you probably only boot up your PC to make sure everything is coming out right. Some of you may not even own a machine with a different operating system on it.
Conscious Consistency: The Principle Of Repetition
If you take a look at the marketing materials of most Fortune 500 companies, you’ll notice that they all have one thing in common: within each one, all of the company’s marketing materials are similar in their appearance.