Chapter 3 - Um... noticing a trend 5 points

The site must be able to be browsed quickly and efficiently. No hunting or searching all over the place. No one wants to spend an hour looking for a piece of information, and they probably won't return if they have to.

Maintain established web standards. If people expect a nav bar on top or on the left side, then by golly, you better give it to them! The vast majority of people HATE surprises.

When using External Links, try and make it so that your page stays in one browser window or tab, and the external link, opens, well... externally. That way the user is not whisked away from your site entirely.

I reiterate, don't dispose of the nav bar! It's what people want!

The site should run relatively quickly, even on older machines. CSS allows us to dispose of byte heavy graphics, and replace them with what is essentially a scalable block of color.